A woman identified simply as Modupe Alasin has died after allegedly being brutally beaten by her husband in Efon Alaaye, Ekiti State, over her lateness to the farm.
According to an eyewitness who requested anonymity, the woman cried out and pleaded for mercy while her husband flogged her relentlessly.
Moments later, he reportedly instructed her to fetch water from a nearby stream, but she collapsed beside it and died, believed to be from exhaustion and the severity of the beating.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of Ekiti State Police Command, SP Sunday Abutu confirmed the incident, saying the husband had been arrested for further investigation.
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