The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old father of five, who allegedly beat his girlfriend to death over suspected infidelity. The incident occurred on the deceased’s birthday—July 28.

Vanguard gathered that the deceased, identified simply as Happiness, visited her lover’s home at 5/7 Michael Osisipi Street, off Banjo Oyewele Street, Ago Palace Way, from where they went to a club around the area to celebrate her birthday.

Trouble, as gathered, started after the suspect, Victor Umeh, sighted Happiness discussing with a man, discovered to be her former boyfriend.

The discussion, according to Umeh, a trader at Ladipo Market, lasted over 15 minutes. He reportedly left the club in anger, leaving the deceased behind. Time was 12.45a.m. The fight On realising that Umeh had left, Happiness went to his house, where an argument that degenerated into a fight ensued. Her shout for help alerted neighbours, including a gateman, identified simply as Adamu. On reaching Umeh’s flat, he was reportedly seen trying to hide a substance, which turned out to be late Happiness’ mobile telephone.

The curious neighbours were said to have searched the flat for the victim, only to discover her lifeless body behind Umeh’s window. Policemen at Ago Division were immediately contacted, consequent upon which Umeh was arrested, from where he was transferred to the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department, SCIID.

His family Investigation revealed that Umeh’s wife and five children travelled to his village in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Vanguard gathered that immediately after the incident, the suspect contacted his wife to come to Lagos and move his property to the village. One of the neighbours, who spoke with Vanguard, said: “Our gateman allowed her inside that night because she was seen with Victor the previous day.

The gateman was first alerted by the shout for help and by the time he got close to the window, he saw somebody running.

“Her desperate shout for help was intensive, but with time it became faint until it stopped. He tried to escape and hide the deceased phone on a fence so as to make it difficult for the Police to trace her death to him. If he had succeeded we would have been in trouble.”

How we met—Suspect However, during investigation, the suspect denied being responsible for Happiness’s death.

Rather, he claimed he left her behind at the club, adding that he did not know how her corpse found its way behind his window. He admitted to have met her last Wednesday at Cele Bus Stop, from where he brought her home.

Police sources hinted that marks of violence were found on the deceased’s body. Policemen at Ago Division took the body to the Isolo General Hospital Mortuary.

Information at Vanguard’s disposal revealed that the address of the deceased was unknown. A man who was contacted on her phone admitted to knowing her, adding that she was from Plateau State.

A 25 year old model’s new breast implants exploded after she got involved in a horrible car crash that left her “bleeding profusely” and in pains.

Identified as, Becky Bitchenor, 25, she revealed that she is still in agony three weeks on from the shunt in Minsterworth when she was a back seat passenger in a car which was crushed between two other vehicles.

As the force of the crash hit her car, the stitches from her recent boob job came apart and her breast implant surgery completely opened.

She needed another operation to repair them. But she was forced to wait three days before surgeons could do anything and as a result, her breasts got badly infected.

Becky was in hospital for 13 days and as well as the damage to her breasts, she was diagnosed with slipped discs and wiplash.

Now, she relies on a zimmer frame and has to use a walking stick to help her get by as the pain of her injuries take hold.

She told Gloucestershire Live:

“I’m unable to walk unaided – I’m only 25. I’m currently on the list for physio as my right leg shakes when I walk and is completely numb.

“I also had cuts to my head and bruising and swelling inside and outside of my body. I had to stay in hospital without being able to see my son.

It’s been a very emotional journey and I have not been able to sleep at night due to nightmares.”

Becky, who lives in Quedgeley, was the only one seriously injured in the accident.

A 51-year-old man, Alhaji Alaka Abayomi, has been arrested in connection with the attack on a family of five in Oke Ota community, Ibeshe, Ikorodu by a ritual cult, Badoo.

Abayomi, who lives in the Magodo area of the state was said to be working with the group. He was arrested along with two others, whose names had yet to be disclosed.

PUNCH Metro learnt the arrest led to the discovery of the gang’s shrine and hideout in Agbowa town, Ikorodu, on Monday.

The assailants had killed four members of a family – Rotimi Adejare, his wife, Rita, and two kids – in the early hours of Sunday. The third kid was admitted to the Ikorodu General Hospital in a critical condition.

The suspects had cut the window net of the family’s apartment to gain entry, smashing a stone on the victims’ heads afterwards.

It was reported that the incident became known around 12pm when their church members checked on them to know why they didn’t attend a special church programme held that day.

Our correspondent learnt on Monday that the only survivor had been referred to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba.

The Lagos State Police Command, which had earlier distanced the attack from the gang, said on Monday that three suspected members had been arrested.

The command’s spokesperson, Olarinde Famous-Cole, said a joint team, comprising operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, Rapid Response Squad, Special Anti-Robbery Squad and task force personnel uncovered five buildings used by the gang.

Famous-Cole, in a statement, said a shrine and different kinds of charms were found in the buildings.

He said, “The team, which was led by the Commissioner of Police, represented by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, uncovered the shrine of the dreaded cult terrorising residents of Ikorodu.

“The team had earlier arrested one Alhaji Alaka Abayomi, a resident of Magodo, and he has been linked to the cult and the recent murder of the Adejare family of five, who were attacked in their one-bedroomed apartment in Oke Ota, Ibeshe Ikorodu.

“The suspect confessed to know others, who own shrines in the area and led the police to the cult’s shrine in Agbowa town. Different ritual objects and charms were recovered in each of the five buildings in the compound which was fenced with charms to scare away intruders. The compound was always under lock and key. The police also made two different arrests as surveillance has been heightened.”

The command added that efforts were being intensified to unravel more hideouts of the gang and track down other Badoo members.

Source: PUNCH/TVC News

A video has gone viral online shows a lady smashing her boyfriend’s jeep with a baseball bat because he allegedly cheated on her.

The lady was finally stopped from wrecking more havoc on the jeep by residents who were shouting on her to stop it.

The angry lady also shouted at them back calling them “p*ssy” and all sorts of names.

She later stepped down from the damaged car and zoomed off in her own car.

According to eyewitnesses, this happened in Lagos and the name of the vehicle is a Nissan Pathfinder.

The cost of replacing the windscreen ranges between N30,000-N40,000.

The industrial settlement of Obajana area of Kogi State has been thrown into mourning following the discovery of the decomposing bodies of a man, his wife and two children in their building.

The man was identified as Mr. John Oluwasegun Ayodele.

The family of four was suspected to have been killed by fumes from a generator mounted in the house.

The late Ayodele was reported to have been last seen on Friday, July 28, 2017.

Apprehension reportedly set in when the deceased was not seen by his neighbours the following day.

Tension heightened over his continued absence till Saturday evening, with calls to his mobile phone unanswered.

His cousin, Richard Asaje, said the family had gone to check on him at home following the stench that was emanating from Ayodele’s house.

Consequently, policemen from Obajana Division were alerted and when the door was forced open, the decomposing bodies were discovered.

Asaje explained that the generator fume was suspected as the cause of death.

“The incident happened between Friday and Saturday. It should be around 12am of Saturday.

“He put a generator inside his toilet and locked the door. The house is a concrete building and it was discovered that he locked the window.

“Unfortunately, we never knew something had happened the second day, so we forced the door open following the stench emanating from the house.”

The deceased’s cousin said their remains had since been deposited at the Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja.

“The husband should be around 35, but the wife is less than 30 years. The daughter that died was around four years and the last born, a boy, was about three months old.

“To us as a family, it is a shocking thing; but there is no suspect because their deaths were caused by the fume of the generator. It has indeed thrown the family into serious mourning mood,” Asaje noted.

He said the victims would be buried on Friday, August 4, 2017 at Obajana Cemetery.

Describing the incident as sudden and unnatural death, the Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP William Aya said, “Four people died and we got the information.

“The Divisional Police Officer went to the place and evacuated the bodies to the mortuary.

“The cause of death is yet to be ascertained. It is the autopsy that will ascertain the cause of the death,” Aya said.

Meanwhile, the Kogi State Government has sent a team to Obajana to investigate the circumstances that led to the death of the family of four.

Speaking about the issue, the Commissioner for Environment Kogi State, Mrs. Rosemary Osikoya, said in Lokoja that the ministry would liaise with other agencies in the sensitization of the public on the dangers of carbon dioxide in the environment.

“Looking at it from the environmental point of view and the circumstantial evidence available, when a generator is put in an enclosed place — if what we hear is correct –fresh air will be locked out. So, that could lead to poisoning.

“But until the investigation is complete, there may not be much we could do other than to sensitize the public that it is dangerous to put generator very close to where people are sleeping.”