Man kills wife In Lagos For Allegedly Infecting Him With HIV

Philip Katongu (pictured above)
from Wamba, Nasarawa State has
been arrested for allegedly
stabbing his wife to death, Punch
reports.
According to reports, Katongu
stabbed his wife to death in a
street at Oniru Estate, Maroko,
Lagos, where they lived. Police say
she was stabbed at least three
times. After he was arrested by
operatives of the Department of
Criminal Investigations, Yaba,
Lagos, Katongu, 45, claimed he
killed her because she infected him
with HIV and then wanted to leave
him for another man. He
explained:
“I married Justina, my second wife
in December 2010. I later learnt
that she had given birth to two
girls for a man. The girls died of
AIDS. However, when we first met,
she did not tell me all these. I
explained to her that I have a wife
with children and I wanted to
marry her too. Before marriage, I
told her we should go to hospital
to conduct HIV test, but she
refused and said that she was HIV
negative. So we started sleeping
together.”
Katongu claimed that without his
knowledge, his wife had been going
to Abuja for medical treatment
every three months for HIV, until
March 2013 when she took him
along.
He said it was at the hospital that
she disclosed her HIV status to
him.
“I was angry and told the doctor
who equally blamed her for not
disclosing it to me. The doctor
then tested me, and I was positive.
We came back to Lagos and
continued with the relationship
because I loved her. But suddenly,
she told me she wanted to pack
out from my house that she was
no longer interested in marrying
me having had another person in
Abuja. In fact, the man usually
called her on phone while we were
together.
“I told her that with her status, she
should not go and be infecting
people with the virus. And that I
will kill her and kill myself. We
started fighting and I stabbed her.
It was in the early hours. I stabbed
her three times with a knife. She
shouted and people were knocking
at our door.
After she died, I stabbed myself,
and the people broke the door
open. I woke up to find myself in a
hospital. I feel very bad that I
killed my wife. I loved her very
much.”