A 32-year-old man, Abunde Goja, has been arrested for allegedly killing his ex-wife’s lover in Makurdi, Benue State.

Goja, a mason who was said to have fathered three children from his ex wife, allegedly stormed the home of the woman in the night, forcefully gained entrance into the room and poured acid on her boyfriend after which he clubbed him to death with an axe wood.

The Benue State Commissioner of Police, Omololu Bishi, said the ex wife, Kadoon Chia, reported the matter to the police that while she was in her room with her boyfriend, Terdoo Shito, her ex husband, Goja, conspired with one Luper Ishu and others now at large, attacked Shito and killed him on the spot..

However, Goja who confessed to the crime, said he killed Terdoo in self Defence but could not explain where he got the acid from at that time of the night.

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