Man Stabs Pastor To Death After Finding Him On Wife’s Bed During Quarrel

A clergyman, identified as Bishop Shina Olaribigbe of Rapture Empowerment International, Osogbo, Osun State, has been stabbed to death while settling a dispute between a couple.

It was learnt that the Bishop was killed by the husband of the woman in question, and the couple have been arrested by the Police.

According to an anonymous source quoted by Punch, the incident happened in the early hours of Thursday, January 2, 2025.

The source narrated that the woman fighting her husband was attending Olaribigbe’s church located around BCGA Area, where she served as an interpreter, and the Bishop had frequently had to settle fights between the woman and her husband.

Naija News also learnt that the couple were already living apart, even though they were not officially divorced.

The unfortunate incident which led to the Bishop’s death was said to have happened on Thursday when the husband went to his wife’s residence and met Olaribigbe on the bed in the wife’s room, which infuriated him.

It was in the heat of the moment the husband stabbed the clergyman in the chest, eventually resulting in his death.

“It was in that anger that the man took a knife and stabbed the clergy in the chest. He died immediately. 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 Hospital, Osogbo,” a source who attends Olaribigbe’s church narrated.

The incident has been confirmed by the Osun Police Command Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola.

Opalola said, “They are a couple but not living together. They are not separated by law yet. The Pastor (Shina Olaribigbe) used to settle the fight between the couple.

“We were told the pastor was at the wife’s place today 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.”