Suspected ritualist arrested for eliminating and sleeping with girlfriend’s corpse for 6 days in Lagos

The Lagos State police command has apprehended a young man identified as Ifeanyi Njoku for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Precious Okeke, age 24, in an estate at Badore, in the Ajah area of Lagos State.

According to an eyewitness account, the man was instructed by the spiritualist to eliminate his girlfriend and sleep with her corpse for 7 days in order to unlock stupendous wealth.

The lad succeeded for 6 days but ran out of luck when the smell from the house attracted neighbours.

Speaking to Punch, the Eyewitness said:

“The boy killed his girlfriend about six days ago, and he confessed that he wanted to use the girl for money rituals. He said he was told that he should have sex with his girlfriend’s corpse for seven days, but he was caught on the sixth day. Today (Monday) is supposed to make it the seventh day.

“The smell of the corpse had been disturbing neighbours in the compound and other residents. So, they called the estate chairman to help in confirming what was going on in the apartment and while searching the apartment, they found the girl’s body.

“The boy was arrested and taken to the Lamgbasa Police Station and during interrogation, he confessed that he killed his girlfriend six days ago.

“We learnt that the boy offered N6m to kill the case; we also learnt that he brought the girlfriend from the village and they just moved into the estate.”

The state police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the incident, adding that the deceased and the suspect were lovers.

Hundeyin said;

“Two suspects, Ifeanyi Njoku and Mbam Atunmufor, 36, have been arrested. They have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for further investigation. Njoku was the one that rented the apartment.”