Detectives at State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba have detained a middle aged man (names withheld) who allegedly murdered his wife in Oshodi area of Lagos.

Eyewitnesses said a police patrol team had on Monday rescued the man from being lynched for allegedly killing his wife, saying the suspect was caught on Balogun Street, Oshodi on his way to dispose the wife’s body.

Apparently suspecting fowl-play, some youths stopped the suspect and insisted on ascertaining the content of the smelling drum on his head.

An eyewitness said the youths were shocked to find that it contained human parts, which forced them to beat up the suspect and stripped him naked until a police patrol team came to the scene and rescued him,’’ .

Police Public Relations Officer, Chike Oti who confirmed the incident said the suspect had been moved from Akinpelu Police Station to State CID for further investigation.

Oti, Superintendent of Police said the Divisional Police Officer in Akinpelu area told him that “the couple were married in twenty-sixteen and that the marriage was childless.