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A disagreement between a husband and his wife over some missing eggs, leading to the death of the wife, has caused the arrest and detention of the man, Kojo Tawiah by the police. The disagreement turned fatal as Ama Jejeba, 26, was allegedly pummelled into unconscioussness by her husband, Tawiah, but was pronounced dead on arrival at the Tarkwa Government Hospital The incident, which took place at Dompem in the Western Region last Wednesday, has thrown the township into shock. Police sources told Graphic Online that the suspect allegedly accused the wife of picking some eggs from his hen coop to which the deceased denied. The sources said the suspect started invoking curses on whoever might have collected the eggs. They said the deceased advised the husband to stop the invocation of curses since it was late in the night. According to the sources, the suspect allegedly took offence and stared assaulting the deceased. The police said some residents allegedly rushed to intervene after the deceased allegedly hit her head on a drain. The sources said the rescuers rushed the deceased to the Tarkwa Government Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. The body of the deceased had been deposited at the Tarkwa Hospital morgue while the husband,Tawiah is in custody assisting in investigation.