Adebayo Adenrele
Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Emmanuel Chukwuma, 47 for stabbing his 45-year-old girlfriend, Bosede Adefehinti to death on 7th Avenue, Festac.
According to reports, Chukwuma, popularly known as Oliver, shared the same house with Bosede as lovers but not as a couple.
An eyewitness who craved anonymity revealed that this wasn’t the first time the lovers had issues, saying “Yesterday around 2:30 pm, Oliver stabbed his girlfriend, and after stabbing her, he tried to kill himself by jumping into the well, but we stopped him and called the police.
“They are not married, and this is not the first time they have had issues, but yesterday’s was beyond anything before.
“What I believe caused the fight was an inferiority complex on the man’s part because he has no job and helps his girlfriend sell herbal medicines, popularly known as Agbo—a concoction prepared from a variety of herbs.
“So most times, when he’s selling, the girlfriend leaves the shop while he remains there, sometimes receiving banter from the customers.”
When contacted, the Lagos State Police Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident via WhatsApp chat, saying, “At about 3:10 pm, a distress call was received that one Emmanuel Chukwuma, aged 47 years, stabbed his girlfriend, Bosede Adefehinti, aged 45 years, to death.
“Immediately, detectives and a patrol team visited the scene of the crime. The suspect was arrested from the well where he hid.
“Photographs were taken while waiting for Lagos State health staff for the possible evacuation of the corpse to the mortuary.
“Meanwhile, the case file will be transferred to the Homicide section, Panti.”