Suspected killer accuses wife of killing husband, girlfriend

One Promise Oguegbu, a suspect in the murder of an accountant, Rasaki Balogun and his mistress, Muyibat Alabi, has accessed the wife of the deceased as the their killer.

Oguegbu was paraded on Tuesday by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu for the killing of Balogun and Alabi. He however denied the allegation, saying the wife of the deceased, Akorede Balogun committed the crime.

It would be recalled that Akorede had reported to the police that she discovered the corpses of her husband and Alabi at his second home.

An investigation by the police led to Oguegbu, who was arrested.

During his parade at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba, the 25-year-old Oguegbu, insisted Akorede killed her husband and his mistress.

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According to Oguegbu, a tenant of Balogun, he saw when Akorede poured a substance into Balogun and Alabi’s mouths, adding that she pleaded with him (Oguegbu) not to expose her and bribed him with her husband’s car.

He said: “I just came back from South Korea. On Tuesday, June 18, 2019, my landlord’s wife (Akorede) came around and called me to assist her with something. I asked her what it was and she said I should join her in the main building.

“When I got there, I saw a huge man in the sitting room, the man ordered me to tie the landlord girlfriend’s hands. My landlord and his girlfriend were shouting for help, but there was nothing I could do because I was afraid.

“I did not kill my landlord; it was my landlord’s wife who poured something into his mouth and that of his girlfriend. I saw her (Akorede) doing it. She gave me the key to her husband’s car and said I should not expose her. I did not report to the police because I was scared.

“The police arrested the woman (Akorede) and the man who was with her, but I don’t know where they are at the moment. I am not the one to carry their cross; they are not innocent of this crime. The police should also bring them to answer to the crime.”

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