By MN Reporter

Nyaobe villagers in Uriri sub-county are still reeling in shock after a 45 years old man locked himself in a house and committed suicide after his wife refused to cook chicken for supper.

Nyaobe Assistant Chief John Atonya said the deceased identified as John Rugala locked himself in his house, doused himself with fuel and set it ablaze.

Atonya said the man came home and wanted the chicken slaughtered for supper but the wide refused saying the bird belonged to their daughter.

“The wife was adamant that before they could slaughter the chicken the man had to ask their daughter for permission which angered him,” Atonya said.

The enraged man sent away his wife from his compound saying he was not respected enough in his own compound to ask a daughter permission before deciding what should be eaten for dinner.

Villagers said the couple had been having a long running marital problem and they thought the action was just one of common outbursts.

“We thought the matter was small and the woman was to go back later in the evening after the man cooled down only for us to seek smoke bellowing from the compound,” a neighbor said.

When they rushed back, including the wife, they found the house locked from inside and the man was already dead.

Police picked the body to Migori Referral Hospital awaiting post mortem examinations,.

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