Hyacinth Chinweuba
Lagos State Police Command, has arrested a suspect, one Joshua Usulor, at his hideout in Victoria Island Lagos, who fled after allegedly killing a female lawyer.
The Commands spokesman CSP Chike Oti, said it received a report that one Feyitayo Obot, female, aged 34, was gruesomely murdered in her hotel room at Opebi, Ikeja by one Joshua Usulor, male, 21 years old.
Sequel to the report, the Command sent its homicide detectives to the scene of crime at Opebi, Ikeja where they collected important exhibits for forensic analysis.
The body, which had multiple stab wounds on the abdominal region and a throat slit open with a sharp object, was recovered for autopsy.
Although the suspect absconded after committing the crime, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Zubairu Muazu mni, charged the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation And Intelligence Department (SCIID ), Panti Yaba, DCP Yetunde Longe, to ensure that the culprit is arrested and prosecuted.
During interrogation, the suspect confessed to have committed the crime. He said he has never met Ms Feyitayo Obot until the day he attacked her and that he was motivated to rob the deceased to enable him offset his hotel bill having spent two days above the one day he paid for.
To execute his plans undetected, he claimed he sneaked into the deceased room to steal her money and her phones but the deceased struggled with him but was overpowered. He then stabbed her with a sharp knife on the stomach and used the same knife to slit her throat. Satisfied that the woman was dead, he made away with her phones and a cash sum of twenty six thousand Naira (26,000) only.
Investigation revealed that the deceased was a lawyer who came to Lagos for a business meeting and lodged in a hotel at Opebi, Ikeja.
The autopsy result revealed that the following factors led to the death of the victim : Exsanguination which implies excessive loss of blood (b) Disruption of the left jugular vein and (c) sharp force trauma.
The suspect will be charged to court for murder. Meanwhile, the CP has directed that the casefile be duplicated and forwarded to the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.
In a related development, one Amara Ezeodum, male, was today 04/03/2019, nabbed by eagle-eyed policemen on anti crime patrol at No.66, Olaitan Sebanjo Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. The cry of one Miss Oluwatosin Graig who was robbed by the suspect attracted the policemen led by CSP Isah Abdulmajid to the scene.
The officers gave the felon a hot chase, arrested and recovered his gun from him.
The CP has commended the efforts of the Anti Crime Patrol team of Maroko Police Station and urged other police formations within the Command to emulate them.