An unidentified woman has been arrested by the Nigerian police for allegedly stabbing her husband to death.

According to media reports the sad incident happened on Wednesday, May 31, 2018, while the couple were fighting in their home in Ikorodu, Lagos State.

The mother of two who is a teacher said she stabbed her husband in self-defence because he was beating her.

The teacher said she picked up the knife to scare him but mistakenly stabbed him.

“I didn’t kill him intentionally. He was always battering me. Today, he pinned me down and started beating me again. ..

“I picked the knife to scare him, but I mistakenly stabbed him. I couldn’t have killed my husband intentionally. In the past, I used to run out of the house when being beaten, but today, he locked everywhere to prevent my escape…

“My family have told me to divorce him but I didn’t want to, because he is the husband of my youth and we already have two children together. You can ask around, everyone knows he beats me always,” the mother of two said.

The wife has been arrested by policemen attached to the Igbogbo Police Station.