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A man, identified as Kampii Ningpen Yennu, is in police grips for allegedly killing his wife’s lover.

The jealous man is said to have shot his rival, a farmer, dead at Kpentaung, a farming community in the Bunkpurugu-Nakpanduri district.

According to the district police, the Assembly man for Jilik electoral area, Laar Jatuat, reported the incident after a tip-off.

It is reported that Mr Yennu suspected the farmer of having interest in his wife, hence stormed the deceased, identified as Matthew Namisom’s home where he shot him dead.

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It wasn’t until day break before his family found him lying in a pool of blood, lifeless.

Meanwhile, investigations have commenced and Mr

Yennu has been identified as a key person of interest.