A man, simply identified as Femi, reportedly murdered his wife with multiple stabs before turning to take his own life.
The gruesome incident occurred on Sunday, June 21 in their home at Victory Park Estate, Lekki, Lagos.
The couple, who moved into the estate three weeks ago, were living with their two daughters and the wife’s sister.
They were last seen by neighbours as they went jogging on Saturday, just a day before the traguc incident.
Recounting the incident, a neighbour said loud music was heard from the deceased house which lasted for several hours. Being a violation of estate rules, other residents went to the estate office to complain about the loud music and insisted the estate officials go there and caution the couple.
Officials from the estate visited the home of the deceased to get them to turn down the music. On getting there, they met the wife’s sister and children of the couple downstairs. The wife’s sister then went upstairs to inform the couple to turn down the music which was coming from their bedroom but got bo response after knocking for a while.
After a long wait and no response from the couple, the estate officials forced their way into the bedroom only to meet the lifeless bodies of the couple.
Findings from the crime scene suggested that the man killed his wife and then committed suicide. It is believed it was pre-meditated because when they got into the room, they saw different kinds of knives. The woman’s legs and hands were bound and her mouth shut with a cellotape. The husband used a clipper to shave her hair, stabbed her head, her eyes, stabbed her multiple times with different knives.
After gruesomely killing his wife, the man committed suicide by drinking sniper.
Spokesperson of the state police command, Bala Elkana who confirmed the incident to, said It is true. Homicide detectives have sealed up the place. They have commenced investigation. The corpse of the man and the woman have been moved to the hospital for an autopsy.
“Two kitchen knives were found there and two bottles of Sniper. The woman had injuries from stabbing while foams were coming out of the man’s mouth who is suspected to have taken those Snipers. Investigation is ongoing.”
