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25-year-old bricklayer, Akinloye Anuoluwapo, has been arrested by the police
for slaughtering his 21-year-old girlfriend, Rafiyat Akinyemi. Anuoluwapo slit
Akinyemi’s throat at her family home in Magbon, Ogijo, Ogun state.
PUNCH Metro
gathered that Anuoluwapo allegedly murdered Akinyemi for her refusal to
continue dating him. An OND graduate of the Lagos State Polythenic Ikorodu,
Akinyemi was said to be home alone last Wednesday, when Anuoluwapo came calling.
It was gathered
that the embattled lovers, who had dated for over a year, split up late 2012
despite attempts by Anuoluwapo to prevent it. It was learnt that Anuoluwapo
knew that Akinyemi’s mother and siblings usually left the house before8am each
working day,. He subsequently sneaked into Akinyemi’s family home at about
8.30am on the day of the incident. As expected, Akinyemi was alone. Anuoluwapo
was said to have madeseveral attempts to have sex with Akinyemi.
Anuoluwapo, who is being detained at the Ogijo
Police Division, said, “I don’t know what came over me, I just wanted us to
reconcile and continue our relationship. “Each time we break up, I am always
severely affected; I converted from Christianity to Islam because I wanted to
marry her. “I even moved from my one-room apartment to self-contained
accommodation so that she would be more comfortable. My visit was meant to be
for a discussion but it degenerated into a quarrel. “Akinyemi was not even
aware that I had a knife on me when I forcefully had sex with her.”
The police said Anuoluwapo used the knife to
cut Akinyemi’s throat and later had sex with her while shebled. But the
estranged lover claimed thatshe was still alive when he had sex with her on the
couch in the sitting room. Unknown to Anuoluwapo, some neighbours had seen him
while he was sneaking into the house. It was gathered that Akinyemi’s corpse
was discovered at about 4pmby her mother and siblings when they returned home.
Although neighbours suspected Anuoluwapo, none of them initially came forward
with information. A police source said, “It was later, someone gave an
anonymous tip to the police that Akinyemi had brokenup several times with
Anuoluwapo. “He said each time; Anuoluwapo would get people from her community
or the mosque where she worshipped to plead with her.”
No one knew
where Anuoluwapo lived or worked. He had recently relocated from his home at
Segun Kehinde Street, Ogijo to the PZ estate. In a bid to locate Anuoluwapo,
police detectives were said to have picked residents who lived around
Akinyemi’s home for questioning. Eventually one of the residents was said to
have revealed Anuoluwapo’s place of work. “A team of police detectives went
tothe company to arrest Anuoluwapo, but were initially refused entry. Eventually
the Divisional Police Officer, SP. Toyin Afolaogun, had to come with the
Divisional Crime Officer before Anuoluwapo could be arrested,”
The source said. A frightened Anuoluwapo was
said to have immediately confessed his guilt upon questioning and led police
detectives to his house wherehe had hidden the murder weapon. The Ogun State
Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident. He
said, “The shirt which Anuoluwapo had worn to Akinyemi’s house on the day of
the murder was found hidden in a corner with blood stains on it. The knife was
found in his home. “From our investigations, Akinyemi was already dead when
Anuoluwapo had sex with her. When her corpse was discovered, her legs were
still spread apart and they had become stiff. Semen too was found on her
private part. Akinyemi’s body was discovered exactly the way Anuoluwapo had
left it when he was through.”
source: punch
source: punch
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