KAMPALA: Man charged over beheading wife

By ANDREW BAGALA.

Police have preferred two charges of murder against a man who allegedly beheaded his wife and daughter. Amos Abbo, a resident of Bigiri District, reportedly accused his wife of having an extramarital affair.

Abbo, who admitted to beheading his wife, Akiro Nafula, 24, and her two-year old daughter, Naome Ayo, is in detention at Bugiri Police Station.

Mr Sam Lubega, the police spokesperson for Busoga sub-region, said they are done with gathering evidence and that the suspect would be taken to court probably on Tuesday. Mr Lubega said evidence so far gathered, links the killing to Mr Abbo.

Court appearance soon

“Firstly, we are going to take him to the court to record an extrajudicial statement and later present him to court,” he said. The incident comes at the time when the Marriage and Divorce Bill, which women activists say is aimed at solving marriage and domestic violence problems, is before Parliament.

It is alleged that Abbo suspected his wife, Nafula, of having an extramarital affair with a man in the neighbouring village. He claimed that the man also fathered a child with her. On March, 26, Abbo allegedly picked a machete and hacked to death the wife and a child he claims was not his.

“He cut of their heads and private parts. He put them in a sack and dumped them near the home of the man he suspected to have an extramarital affair with his wife,” Mr Lubega said. He said after the incident, Mr Abbo fled the area but they looked for him and arrested him. “He, however, didn’t kill one girl he believes to be his daughter,” he said.

Source: Sunday Monitor (31/03/2013): http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Man-charged-over-beheading-wife/-/688334/1734764/-/jye5vyz/-/index.html