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Police Command in Oyo State have paraded a 26-year-old man for allegedly killing a 30-year-old mother of three for consenting to his request for sex.
According to the state Commissioner of Police, Nwachukwu Enwonwu, the suspect whose name was not disclosed, said he had hit the victim with a hanger as well as gave her blow on the neck which resulted in her death.
Enwonwu said that the suspect thereafter threw her corpse into a well within his compound.
“In the morning of that day, a neighbour wanted to fetch water in the well and saw the leg of the lady and reported the incident to the police,” said the Police Commissioner.
“On June 25 at about 7am, a complaint was recorded at Ojo’o Police Station from one Agu Benson of Oritoke area that one Happiness Winifred, “f’ aged 30 years, left her home on June 21, 2020, was found inside a well on June 25.
“Investigation was conducted and the suspect was arrested and he confessed to having carried out the dastardly killing.”
The suspect however did not deny the murder alleggation.
He said he had known the victim for six months, adding that she was his girlfriend.
“The lady is a commercial sex worker and has three children and not living with any husband,” said the suspect.
“I always beg her for sex anytime we want to have one. On that day, I questioned her action and an argument started that resulted in her death. I carried her corpse and dropped it in a well in our compound because the gate was locked.
“I didn’t want to kill her intentionally and I regret my action now.”
