by ‘Jola Sotubo

A legal practitioner in Edo has been taken into police custody after his wife died in mysterious circumstances.

John Oghie Atogwe was detained by the police in the Auchi environs of the Estako West Local Government Area of the state  after his wife’s body was said to have been found dangling by a window.

The incident occurred at the couple’s Ayogwiri residence and is believed to be a suicide but the police are investigating the matter nonetheless.

The Nation reports:

Police sources confirmed to The Nation that they were holding the lawyer pending the outcome of an autopsy conducted on the deceased.

The police source said it was the lawyer that reported the death of his wife but he was promptly detained.

It was learnt that the deceased, a school teacher was Atogwe’s second wife, who had two children from previous marriage.

Atogwe was a councillor in Estako West Local Government.