A Nigerian filmmaker, identified as Adebayo Adeseko, has reportedly committed suicide after killing his girlfriend, Sarah Adesanya, in the Ojodu area of Lagos State.
According to reports, the duo had a misunderstanding on Saturday and were seen by neighbours arguing profusely till Sunday morning when Bayo allegedly beat Sarah to death before ending his life.
In a video making rounds online, the couple could be seen lying dead in a pool of their blood.
According to Sarah’s sister, Layor, in a post via X, a neighbour had in June 2023 hinted to her about the travails that Sarah was going through at the hands of her boyfriend, noting that she was constantly being subjected to assault.
Layor said she confronted her sister about the issue, but she denied the claim, adding she also reported the matter to the Nigerian police, but they told her that nothing could be done until Sarah reported the incident.
The Lagos State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident on Monday.
Hundeyin said that the sudden and unnatural death was reported to the Ojodu Police Division on Sunday at about 9.10 a.m.
He said that the lifeless bodies of the lovers—one, Adebayo Adeseko, 30, and his partner, Sarah Adesanya, 36—were found at their apartment at No. 8B, Gbete Street, off Shoyemi Bamaco Estate, Ojodu Berger, Lagos.
The spokesperson said that on the strength of the information, a team of operatives from the station immediately went to the scene.
Hundeyin said that the operatives photographed the scene and evacuated the corpses to the mortuary for autopsy while the investigation into their deaths continued.
In another development, a man identified only as Tony has been accused of beheading his girlfriend, Maxuel Ebibraladei in the riverine community of Kabeama, Sagbama Local Government Area, Bayelsa State.
The couple, who shared a child, were embroiled in a tragic event that has left the community in disbelief.
According to neighbours, the gruesome act occurred in the early hours of Saturday, around 3 am, with the severed head of the victim discovered at dawn.
The residents quickly apprehended Tony as he attempted to flee the scene.
He was subsequently handed over to the police for further investigation.
The motive behind this heinous crime remains unclear, and the local authorities are conducting a thorough investigation.
The remains of Maxuel Ebibraladei have been transferred to the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa, as the community mourns the loss of the young woman.
Tony is currently detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), awaiting further legal proceedings.
A resident who spoke with Daily Trust said, “We don’t know what happened between the two lovers that would make him cut off the head of his girlfriend and mother of his child.
“The two of them were quiet and easy-going. We are at a loss as to what went wrong. The headless corpse of the lady was evacuated and deposited at the mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, while the arrested boyfriend is in the custody of the police in Yenagoa.”
Police spokesman in Bayelsa State, ASP Musa Muhammed, confirmed the incident.
Source: Daily Trust
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