By Oluwaseun Ogunenika, with agency reports.
In what’s being called a case of intimate partner violence, police have arrested a 36-year-old Nigerian man, Lucky Ogbeijielele, for stabbing his mother-in-law to death in Greater Sudbury, Canada. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning, July 1, 2025.
A 32-year-old woman, believed to be the suspect’s wife, also received serious but not life-threatening injuries in the incident. The Greater Sudbury Police in a statement said two children were found inside the residence, but had no physical injuries.
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“Shortly after 12:35 a.m. this morning, July 2, 2025, officers were dispatched to an Intimate Partner Violence-related incident at a residence on Lorne Street,” the statement read. Information provided was that a community member and a family member had sustained serious injuries after a violent altercation with the community member’s partner.
“Officers arrived on the scene and located a 32-year-old woman outside the residence who had sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries. She was transported to the hospital by Greater Sudbury Paramedics.
Officers made entry into the residence to check on the well-being of those who were believed to be inside.
“Officers located a 63-year-old woman who had sustained what are believed to be multiple stab wounds. Unfortunately, she was pronounced deceased on the scene.
The 63-year-old grandma travelled to Canada to visit her 32-year-old daughter, Lydia, and her 36-year-old son-in-law, Lucky Ogbejiele.
She was happy to have a good bonding time with her grandkids.
She said her mother had arrived from Nigeria to visit her and her children.
“What was meant to be a joyful family visit turned into a heartbreaking nightmare that changed our lives forever.”
On July 1, 2025, Lydia had just gotten back from work at around 11 pm when she saw Lucky, her husband, coming out of the house in his work uniform, heading to work. When Lucky saw her, he turned back and followed her inside.
She asked him if he was going to work, and he said he had resigned. Lydia was surprised. When they entered the house, he locked the door, grabbed a knife, and started stabbing her in different parts of her body
She struggled with him and managed to escape from the house. Officers were called to the scene, and Lucky fled from the house immediately after the police arrived.
When the police checked the house, they discovered that Lucky had stabbed Grandma multiple times, and she was pronounced dead on the scene. Their two kids were found unhurt. Lucky was found by the police the following day in a wooded area with injuries that appeared self-inflicted.
He was arrested and charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, forcible confinement, and choking.
