A young man, Ifeanyi Njoku, residing in an estate at Badore in Ajah area of Lagos State, is in police net for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Precious Okeke, for money ritual.
Njoku was said to have killed his 24-year old living lover at Oke Street and had slept with her decomposing body for six days before he was nabbed.
Also, a 36-year native doctor, Mbam Atunmufor, was arrested for being involved in the matter
Investigation revealed that Njoku killed the girl and was instructed by the native doctor to have sex with her corpse for seven days.
However, Njoku was caught on the sixth day when the fowl odour of the lady’s decomposing body started disturbing his neighbors, who alerted the management of the estate about the incident and later reported the matter to the police.
A resident of the estate, Elizabeth John, disclosed that the lady’s decomposing body was discovered during a search of the apartment.
She said: “The boy killed his girlfriend about six days ago, and he confessed that he wanted to use the girl for money rituals. He said he was told that he should have sex with his girlfriend’s corpse for seven days, but he was caught on the sixth day. Today (Monday) is supposed to make it the seventh day.
“The smell of the corpse had been disturbing neighbours in the compound and other residents. So, they called the estate chairman to help in confirming what was going on in the apartment and while searching the apartment, they found the girl’s body.
“The boy was arrested and taken to the Lamgbasa Police Station and during interrogation, he confessed that he killed his girlfriend six days ago.
“We learnt that the boy offered N6m to kill the case; we also learnt that he brought the girlfriend from the village and they just moved into the estate.”
Meanwhile, police spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident.
Also, confirming that that the deceased and the suspect were lovers, he said: “Two suspects, Ifeanyi Njoku and Mbam Atunmufor, 36, have been arrested. They have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for further investigation. Njoku was the one that rented the apartment.”
