One Victoria Gagariga has allegedly murdered her husband in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

The 28-year-old Victoria, a retired civil servant allegedly murdered her husband after an earlier threat by the deceased to shoot her at their residence along Ebisam Road in Akenfa-Epie community of Yenagoa. According to sources in Bayelsa, the deceased identified as 33-year-old Henry Gagariga, a popular lawyer in the area is fond of threatening to shoot his wife anytime they had a minor argument.

Police source added that on Sunday October 4, Victoria allegedly got tired of Henry’s threats and stabbed him on the chest with a kitchen knife after some domestic squabble.

“He was rushed to the hospital but, sadly, he died before he could be attended to at the hospital.”

The body of the deceased had been deposited at a mortuary in Yenagoa.

Victoria, whom sources said retired from Bayelsa Ministry of Information was said to be an employee at Bayelsa Council for Arts and Culture. “She has since been arrested by the police,” said a Police source.

The deceased hailed from Sagbama LGA of Bayelsa. The couple reportedly lived together for over 5 years before legalizing their union in June 2014.

Police spokesperson in the state, Astimin Butswat, confirmed the development, but declined to give details to our Correspondent