Man, 47 Who Stabbed Lover Kills Self At Morogbo

The Morogbo Police Station has disclosed that it received a distress call from Zoo area, Araromi on July 5, 2020 about 0100 hours, that one Emmanuel Mekuri ‘m’ 47 years old, a Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA) personnel stabbed his lover, Patricia Ogunshola ‘f’ 37 years old, on her right thigh with a jack knife.

Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Bala Elkana however, disclosed that the 13-year old daughter of the woman (whom she got from a previous marriage) raised the alarm, which drew the attention of neighbours to the scene.

In her statement, the girl stated that the deceased, whom she referred to as her stepfather, made further attempts to stab her mother on the head, but she quickly ran out of the room. That he subsequently stabbed himself on the stomach, his intestines gushed out and he died on the spot.

On arrival at the scene, homicide detectives preserved the crime scene and took the injured woman to the hospital for medical attention. She is currently in stable condition, while the corpse of the deceased was evacuated to mortuary for autopsy.

A blood stained knife was recovered from the scene. Preliminary investigation revealed that the couples started cohabiting in February 2020, but not legally married. There was a protracted argument between the couples that degenerated into physical assault purported to have arose from allegations bothering on infidelity on the part of the man.

The Commissioner of Police (CP) Lagos State Command, Hakeem Odumosu, ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department Panti, Yaba for investigation.