A ritualist identified as Ifeanyi Njoku, has been arrested for allegedly killing his 24year-old girlfriend, Precious Okeke for alleged ritual purposes.
The ugly incident happened at Oke Street, an estate in Badore, Ajah area of Lagos State.
It was gathered that a native doctor who was assisting the suspect in doing money rituals instructed him to have sex with Okeke’s corpse.
The suspect engaged in the illicit act with the corpse for six days before the stench emanating from his apartment prompted his neighbours to inform the management of the estate.
It was learnt that the decomposing corpse was found during a search of his apartment.
According to a source, Elizabeth John,”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. In fact, the offensive 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.
“He has been 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.”
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident, adding that the deceased and the suspect were lovers.
He said two suspects, Ifeanyi Njoku and Mbam Atunmufor, 36, have been arrested and transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for further investigation.
