Man Kills Wife, Self In Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday said a man, 39 suspected to have killed his wife has committed suicide in Lagos.
The police command spokesperson Bala Elkana, Deputy Superintendent of Police in a statement available to journalists said that the incident happened on June 21, 2020, at about 1600hrs when Ilasan Police Station received information that, a couple identified as, Olamide Alli, 25 years old and Chris Ndukwe, 39 years old were found dead in the man’s residence at road 5, House 16a, Victory Point Estate, Ilasan.
He said a team of homicide detectives were deployed to the crime scene preserved for forensic analysis.
According to him, the woman was found lying in the pool of her blood with deep cuts on her head while the man’s mouth was foaming with whitish substance.
“It is alleged that the man stabbed the woman to death with a kitchen knife and thereafter drank some poisonous substances suspected to be snipper 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.”
Elkana, said the two corpses were removed and deposited in a public mortuary for autopsy.
He said that information gathered from some family members revealed that the couples were in a relationship for over seven years, though not married, had two boys, ages seven and three, adding that the relationship is described as complicated, as the couples were on and off over the years.
“While the man lives in Victory Point Estate Ilasan, the woman lives in Ogba.
“The woman is said to have visited the man alongside her 22 years old sister, a night before the incident, on his invitation. Her sister was the first to have noticed that the couples were dead and raised the alarm.
“In her statement, she was woken up by 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.”
According to him, the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered a thorough investigation into the case.
He added that an investigation is ongoing to unravel the cause of their death.