Interpol Hunts Man Who Killed Girlfriend On Christmas Day In Festac

The Lagos State Police Command
says it has contacted the International Police over a runaway murder suspect,
identified only as Sunday, who allegedly stabbed his 21-year-old girlfriend,
Cecilia Joseph, to death in the Festac Town area of the state.

Punch Metro learnt that the
incident occurred on Friday, Christmas Day, in the lovers’ rented apartment on
Waterside Street in the Lakeview Estate, Phase 2, in the Amuwo Odofin Local
Government Area.

It was learnt that the duo had a
fight during which Sunday allegedly grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed Joseph
in the neck and in the stomach.

Neighbours, who learnt of the
attack after Sunday had fled the house, were said to have reported the matter
at the Festac Police Division.

It was learnt that the policemen
came to the house and took Joseph to the Isolo General Hospital, where she was
confirmed dead.

It was gathered that the
bloodstained knife used by the suspect had also been recovered by the police.

A resident, who declined to give
her name, said the duo had been living in the apartment without being married
for some months before the incident happened.

She said, “There was a quarrel
between them on the Christmas Day. I heard that it was the woman who first went
to take the knife and attacked the man.

“The man then took the knife from
her and stabbed her in the neck. It was her screams that alerted the
neighbours. I think she had died before the police arrived. The man ran away
before anyone took notice.”

Punch correspondent gathered that
the matter had been transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Department
of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, where investigation was ongoing.

A police source said the suspect
ran out of the country to the Benin Republic.

“The suspect is believed to have
sustained knife injuries. He killed the lady in anger. He has escaped out of
the country. The knife is with us and we also took photographs of the scene of
the crime,” he added.

The Police Public Relations
Officer, who confirmed the incident, said the Interpol section would be given
the suspect’s details to aid their investigations.

He said, “We will look for the
suspect and we will get him. The police have no jurisdictional problem even if
the suspect has fled to the Benin Republic. Our Interpol section has been
contacted.

“The details of the matter will
be given to the Interpol, and we will arrest him where he is. Meanwhile, the
corpse was taken to the Isolo General Hospital and deposited in a morgue there
for an autopsy. Investigation is ongoing.”