Law enforcement officers at the Iba Police Station, Lagos State have
arrested a 19-year-old boy, Orji Ifeanyichukwu for allegedly setting
his 24-year-old girlfriend, Alabi Tolani ablaze because she had
another lover.
DSP Bala Elkana, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, said
this in a statement released to newsmen on Sunday.
Elkana said the incident took place at G54, Army Post Service Housing
Estate, Ojo, Lagos where they both lived in Ifeanyichukwu’s N600,000
per annum apartment.
“Ifeanyichukwu met the victim on February 28, through a hook-up and
she moved into his house in March.
“He has been into internet fraud popularly known as Yahoo boys for the
past three years where he gets the proceeds for renting the apartment.
“They have since then, inhabited as lovers because her parents live
apart,” the police spokesman said.
He said that Ifeanyichukwu brought Tolani into his house with
conditions that she would quit prostitution and stick to him alone,
NAN reports.
“However, trouble started on Thursday when the victim left home to fix
her hair and did not return until the next day.
“She equally left the house on Friday under the guise of visiting her
father but ended up seeing another man.
“Ifeanyichukwu got to know on Saturday when she returned by scrolling
through her phone and saw her chats, video calls and pictures of
herself naked which she sent to her client,” Elkana said.
He said that the suspect (Ifeanyichukwu) became angry and used the
petrol he kept for his generator to set her ablaze.
“A team of detectives visited the scene and the victim has been taken
to General Hospital, Igando where she was admitted but died in the
early hours of Sunday.
“The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu has directed
the immediate transfer of the case to Criminal Investigation
Department Yaba.
“The suspect confessed to the commission of the crime and will be
charged to court for murder,” Elkana said.
