LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A 31-year-old woman identified as Mrs Ojeite Ejiro has been found murdered in her apartment by residents of Aina Road, Agility, in the Ketu area of Lagos.
Her assailants reportedly set the apartment on fire, but the smoke alerted neighbours, who forced the door open, to discover the lifeless body of the deceased woman on the floor with her hand burnt.
According to a resident of the area, who identified herself as Mrs Oghenerukewe Najite, “the plan of those that perpetrated the devilish act was to make her burn to death to make it look like a fire outbreak.
“When some brave persons forced their way inside the room, Ejiro was found facing down. Her neck was slit.
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“She was just a secretary at a water bottling company. She was not a politician. She got married on November 18, 2021, and had been living peacefully with her husband. This is so unbelievable. We are appealing to the Police to do all they can to unravel the perpetrators of this murder.”
Speaking with journalists, one of the deceased’s siblings, Marvis, said, “I have been at her place since last week. Last Wednesday, she came to meet me, asking for her house key. She said she could not find her personal key and asked if I gave her the key, I said yes. She told me to give her my own key so that she could open the door for her husband.
“But she did not return the key. The next day, Thursday, she told me that I should have my bath since her husband was going out in the morning, so he would drop me at the bus stop for my work.
“When I got back around 7 pm, I called her on the phone, but she did not pick or call back. I knocked on the gate, nobody responded. I got a Whatsapp message from my sister’s husband’s younger brother that there was smoke coming out of our apartment.
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“The landlord’s son and I tried all we could to force our way inside the apartment since I was not with the key.
“I was able to enter the house through the balcony with a ladder, from where I got the key and opened the door. I trailed the smoke to where it was coming from and saw her in a pool of her blood.”
Upon contact, the Spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hudenyin, said the corpse had been evacuated and deposited at the Mainland mortuary, Yaba, for autopsy.
He further disclosed that the detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, have started an investigation into the incident.