A young man is wanted by police in Lagos state after he
allegedly stabbed his live-in lover to death during a fracas on
Christmas Day.
According to reports, the gruesome incident happened at the apartment
the couple cohabited on Waterside Street, Lakeview Estate, Phase 2,
Lagos state.
The name of the suspect has not been made public, however, police did
confirm that after getting involved in argument the suspect stabbed his
girlfriend, identified as Cecilia Joseph, 21, to death, after which he
fled to the Benin Republic.
According to the deceased’s elder sister, Titilayo Adelodu, the
couple had a tempestuous relationship which often ended up in fighting.
“Immediately after stabbing my sister to death with a kitchen knife, her boyfriend ran away. Nobody knows where he had run to,” the sister said.
The state police public relations officer Detective Superintendent of Police Joe Offor confirmed that Joseph had been murdered.
“I gathered that during the quarrel, Cecilia grabbed a kitchen
knife and stabbed her boyfriend in the stomach. Apparently desperate to
carry out revenge, the man pulled the knife out of his stomach and
stabbed Cecilia in the neck.
“Cecilia was said to have bled profusely and died on the spot.
The man escaped after the crime to an unknown destination. We are in a
man-hunt for him,” Joe Offor said.
“The police have recovered the blood stained knife and taken pictures of the scene of the crime.
“The lady was taken to Isolo General Hospital where she was
confirmed dead. Her remains had been deposited at the hospital’s morgue
and an autopsy is being carried out,” the policeman said.
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