Law enforcement officers at the Iba Police Station, Lagos State have
arrested a 19-year-old boy, Orji Ifeanyichukwu for allegedly setting his
24-year-old girlfriend, Alabi Tolani ablaze because she had another lover.
DSP Bala Elkana, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer,in a press
statement said the incident took place at G54, Army Post Service Housing
Estate, Ojo, Lagos where they both lived in Ifeanyichukwu’s N600, 000 per annum
apartment.
Elkana said “Ifeanyichukwu met the victim on Feb. 28, through a hookup and
she moved into his house in March.
“He has been into internet fraud popularly known as Yahoo boys for the past
three years where he gets the proceeds for renting the apartment.
“They have since then, inhabited as lovers because her parents live apart,”
the police spokesman said.
He said that Ifeanyichukwu brought Tolani into his house with conditions
that she would quit prostitution and stick to him alone.
“However, trouble started on Thursday when the victim left home to fix her
hair and did not return until the next day and when she left the house on
Friday under the guise of visiting her father but ended up seeing another man.
“Ifeanyichukwu got to know on Saturday when she returned by scrolling
through her phone and saw her chats, video calls and pictures of herself naked
which she sent to her client,” Elkana said.
He said that the suspect (Ifeanyichukwu) became angry and used the petrol
he kept for his generator to set her ablaze.
“A team of detectives visited the scene and the victim has been taken to
General Hospital, Igando where she was admitted but died in the early hours of
Sunday.
“The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu has directed the
immediate transfer of the case to Criminal Investigation Department Yaba.
“The suspect confessed to the commission of the crime and will be charged
to court for murder,” Elkana said