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| CP, Fatai Owoseni |
International Police, Benin Republic, has arrested
the man who killed his live-in-lover on Christmas day at the Festac area of
Lagos State and disappeared.
The suspect, Monday Hounga, 28, was arrested on
December 31, 2015, at about 11:45am by Nigeria/Benin Joint patrol and handed
over to Nigerian Police, the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID),
Panti, Yaba, Lagos State. He was handed
to Nigerian Police, on January 1, 2016.
Hounga is however denying being responsible for the
murder of his girlfriend. Fielding questions from detectives, Hounga said he
and his lover, Cecilia Joseph, 21, were attacked and stabbed by armed
robbers.
The suspect, on Christmas day, was said to have
stabbed Joseph to death and bolted to Benin Republic.
A resident, who pleaded anonymity, said the lovers
quarrelled for over an hour and later resorted to fighting after Joseph
received a phone call from another man in front of her lover, Monday.
After the call, Joseph wanted to go out, but Monday
ordered her not to. He felt she was going out to meet the caller. Joseph
ignored the order and allegedly went to have a date with the caller. This
apparently infuriated Hounga.
When Joseph returned, the lovers embarked on another
round of fighting. The fight was said to have lasted till midnight. Joseph allegedly picked a kitchen knife and stabbed
Monday in the stomach. Monday immediately grabbed the knife and stabbed Joseph
in the neck. She reportedly died on the spot.
A resident however told police that she saw when Hounga
was stabbing Joseph.
A police source said: “A neighbour said that she saw
the suspect stabbing the victim. When people tried to stop him, he threatened
he would stab them too. He is however denying stabbing the victim. He said
armed robbers attacked them. It’s clear that he had been coached on what to
say.”
Warming to his theme that armed robbers attacked them,
Hounga showed the wound located on his upper abdomen.
Meanwhile, the stab wounds on Joseph’s body were many.
She was stabbed on the body, arm, neck and abdomen.
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