Residents of Abukuru, Ajegunle area
of Lagos State were Monday thrown into shock after a drink seller, identified
only as Mary allegedly killed her lover, Pereowei Kingsley. Mary was said to
have accused her 38-year-old lover of dating another woman in the
neighbourhood. The Punch reports that the lovers had been dating for 13 years. According
to the report, Mary slit Kingsley’s throat while he was sleeping on the said
day.
She reportedly left the Bayelsa
State born in the pool of his blood and went into hiding, but the attention of
residents was drawn to the scene after Kingsley screamed for help.
He unfortunately gave up the ghost
before residents could rescue him.
Speaking on the incident, Kingsley’s
elder sister, Linda Pereowei, said she was asleep around 3am on Monday when one
Kingsley’s neighbours came to inform her about the incident.
Linda, who resides on Orodu Lane,
Ajegunle 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,” she added.
Meanwhile residents called the
attention of police operatives from the Ajeromi division who visited the scene.
They were said to have trailed Mary
to her hideout and arrested her.
Confirming the incident, the state
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Dolapo Badmos, said “The case has
been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence
Department, SCIID, Yaba, for further investigation.
“A postmortem would be carried out
on the corpse of the victim,” she added.
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