The police in Lagos have commenced investigation into the alleged murder of a woman, Olamide Omojuwa-Alli, 25, by her lover, Chris Ndukwe, 39, who also allegedly killed himself.
The incident occurred at the man’s Road 5, House 16a, Victory Point Estate, Ilasan, Lekki residence where the woman visited with her younger sister few days earlier.
It was gathered that the woman lived at Ogba and the couple have had a complicated relationship for over seven years with two children aged seven and three.
It was gathered that the man allegedly bound his fiancé, sealed her mouth, shaved her hair and stabbed her multiple times with different knives on the head and eyes.
He thereafter, drank a poisonous substances suspected to be pesticides.
Confirming the incident, police spokesman Bala Elkana said homicide detectives have sealed up the place.
He said: “They have commenced investigation. The corpse of the man and the woman were moved to the hospital for an autopsy.
“Four kitchen knives were found and two bottles of insecticides. The woman sustained injuries from stabbing while the man was frothing from the mouth, who was suspected to have drank insecticides.
Elkana said the Ilasan Police Station received information around 4pm that the couple were found dead by the detectives deployed to the scene.
He said the woman was found in a pool of her blood with deep cuts on the head, while the man had foamy mouth with whitish substances.
“It is alleged that the man stabbed the woman to death with kitchen knife and thereafter drank some poisonous substances suspected to be insecticides.
“Two blood stained kitchen knives, two empty bottles of the poisonous substances, three empty cans of red bull energy drink and a plier were recovered from the scene.
“The two corpses were removed and deposited in a public mortuary for autopsy. Information gathered from some family members revealed that the couple were in relationship for over seven years, though not married and have two boys aged seven and and three.
“Her sister was the first to have noticed that the couples were dead and raised alarm. In her statement, she was woken up by a loud music from the room where the corpses were found, as herself and the kids slept in a different room. It is not yet clear what might have triggered the murder.
“The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu has ordered a thorough investigation into the case. Investigation is ongoing.”
According to initial reports, the couple was spotted jogging on Saturday night.
They were alleged to have had disagreements over the paternity of their youngest child.
Neighbours were said to have heard loud music from their apartment which lasted several hours prompting some of them to report noise pollution at the estate office.
The aggrieved neighbours were said to have demanded that the estate managers caution the couple which they agreed to.
On arrival at the apartment, the officials were said to have met the woman’s sister and her kids downstairs and explained their mission. She was said to have immediately gone upstairs to tell her sister but several knocks on the door were not responded to.
After her failed attempt, the estate officials decided to pull down the door and that was how they saw their bodies.