The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the deaths of a man and a woman, suspected to be lovers, in an apartment in the Ojodu area of the state. According to SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s Public Relations Officer, the sudden and unnatural death was reported to the Ojodu Police Division on Sunday at about 9.10 a.m.
Hundeyin revealed that the lifeless bodies of the lovers—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 tragedy unfolded against the backdrop of a misunderstanding between the couple on Saturday, which escalated into a heated argument and ultimately a fatal fight, leading to the woman’s demise.
The man, identified as a filmmaker, allegedly stabbed himself after discovering that the woman had passed away. The chilling scene, captured in a photograph presented to NAN by the police spokesperson, depicted the man lying in a pool of blood.
