An Osun State-based Bishop Shina Olaribigbe has been stabbed to death while settling a fight between a couple.
Bishop Olaribigbe who superintends Rapture Empowerment International, Osogbo, was said to have been stabbed to death by the assailant who suspected the Bishop of having affairs with his estranged wife.
The woman, it was gathered, is a member of Olaribigbe’s church located around BCGA Area, where she served as an interpreter.
The Daily Crucible gathered that the couple had a history of frequent fights, the reason they live apart, but not officially divorced.
The incident occurred when the husband went to his wife’s residence in the early hours of Thursday and met Olaribigbe in the room, which infuriated him.
Multiple sources claimed that in a fit of anger, the man reached for a knife and stabbed the clergy in the chest, he slumped and died immediately.
The sources said Olaribigbe had gone to the house to see the woman, who had been sick for some time.
“The man and his wife were immediately arrested and taken to the Dugbe Police Division in Osogbo, where they are currently being detained.
“The remains of Olaribigbe had been deposited at the morgue of UNIOSUN Teaching Hospitals.”
The Osun Police Command Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, also confirmed the incident.
Opalola said, “They are a couple but living apart. They are not separated by law yet. The Pastor used to settle fights between them.
“We were told the pastor was at the wife’s place when the estranged husband got there. We were also told the husband stabbed the pastor. We were also told the deceased was on the wife’s bed when the incident happened.
“The husband stabbed him several times and he died. It was learnt the husband acted on the suspicion that the pastor was sleeping with the woman.”
