A trader in a Lagos community has caused serious commotion in her area after slitting open her boyfriend's throat.
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A trader, identified simply as Mary, has reportedly slit her
boyfriend, Kingsley Pereowei's throat while he was sleeping in the early
hours of Friday. She left him in a pool of blood and went into hiding.
Mary, a drink seller in the Abukuru, Ajegunle area of Lagos
State and Kingsley, a 38-year-old, had been dating for 13 years before
the tragic incident.
According to Punch Metro, Kingsley, who screamed for help, died before residents could rescue him.
Although the immediate cause of the attack had yet to be
ascertained, some residents said the couple’s relationship had been
marred with incessant quarrels.
Mary was also said to have recently accused the victim of dating another woman in the neighbourhood.
The beer parlour, where Mary sold drinks and also lived with her
lover, was under lock and key when our correspondent visited the
community on Tuesday.
Kingsley’s elder sister, Linda Pereowei, who resides on Orodu Lane,
Ajegunle, was said to have gone to a morgue, where her brother’s corpse
was deposited.
Linda later spoke with Punch Metro on the telephone, saying she was
asleep around 3am on the day when one of the Kingsley’s neighbours came
to inform her about the incident.
She said, “By the time I got there, my brother was dead. This
is the 13th year that they have been dating each other. She cast a spell
on my brother so that he would not be able to quit the relationship. No
single child between them and they were not married.
“Sometime last year, she stabbed him in the head and eye. It
took months before the wounds healed. She has achieved her aim. We are
from Bayelsa State. Our father is late, but we still have an ageing
mother. She has not been informed about his death. I want the police to
ensure that she joins my brother in heaven. That is all I want.”
A resident, who gave his name as Alade, said the police from the Ajeromi division visited the scene and later arrested Mary.
Alade described Kingsley as friendly and peaceful, adding that the
suspect usually harassed him because she knew he would not fight back.
“His death is painful to all of us. She must be brought to justice,” Alade said.
One of the deceased’s friends, Gloria Agbubo, wrote on her Facebook
page in pidgin English that Mary was jealous that Kingsley was going
after another lady in the community.
She said, “Kingsley was killed by his lover. The man was dating another girl.”
A shoe maker opposite the beer parlour, said Mary and Kingsley were in good terms when he left shop on Thursday.
“It was on Friday morning that a friend called and told me that Mary had killed him. I was surprised,” he added.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos,
said a postmortem would be carried out on the corpse of the victim.
“The case has been transferred to the State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for further
investigation,” she added.
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