Police have apprehended a Nigerian man
after he killed his girlfriend for refusing sex to him. A 26-year-old, Shagbada
Erigga was arrested in Oyo by police for allegedly killing his girlfriend,
Happiness Winifred, 30, because he refused to have sex with him.
after he killed his girlfriend for refusing sex to him. A 26-year-old, Shagbada
Erigga was arrested in Oyo by police for allegedly killing his girlfriend,
Happiness Winifred, 30, because he refused to have sex with him.
He was paraded today 30 June by the
Oyo State Police Commissioner, CP Chuks Enwonwu, who said the suspected
murderer, Erigga, invited Happiness, a mother of three, to his home on 21 June
to spend the night with him. After she refused to have sex with him they got
into a heated argument.
Oyo State Police Commissioner, CP Chuks Enwonwu, who said the suspected
murderer, Erigga, invited Happiness, a mother of three, to his home on 21 June
to spend the night with him. After she refused to have sex with him they got
into a heated argument.
He managed to punch her three times.
She slumped and died and then dumped her body into a well in the Ibadan Ojoo
area, capital of the state of Oyo.
She slumped and died and then dumped her body into a well in the Ibadan Ojoo
area, capital of the state of Oyo.
The police boss said Ojoo Police
Station men began an investigation after one Mr. Agu Benson, an Oritoke Area
resident of Ojoo, came to the police station to report that on June 25 he went
to fetch water in the well in his compound and discovered a floating body.
Station men began an investigation after one Mr. Agu Benson, an Oritoke Area
resident of Ojoo, came to the police station to report that on June 25 he went
to fetch water in the well in his compound and discovered a floating body.
Shagbada confessed to that crime, when
interrogated, but said he murdered happiness “accidentally.”
interrogated, but said he murdered happiness “accidentally.”
“We had a showering together on
the faithful day of the incident and I asked her why she refused sex but she
raised her voice on me and I hit her and, in my surprise, she slapped me back,
and I just gave her three blows on her mouth and one on her neck. She slumped
down and died the next thing I knew.
the faithful day of the incident and I asked her why she refused sex but she
raised her voice on me and I hit her and, in my surprise, she slapped me back,
and I just gave her three blows on her mouth and one on her neck. She slumped
down and died the next thing I knew.
I soon took her body and threw her
inside a well in my compound when I found out that she had died, because I was
afraid and I didn’t want people to suspect me of my own killing.
inside a well in my compound when I found out that she had died, because I was
afraid and I didn’t want people to suspect me of my own killing.
But a few days later, my neighbor, who
was willing to use the well, discovered her dead body and reported it to the
police and I was arrested.
was willing to use the well, discovered her dead body and reported it to the
police and I was arrested.
He said that he regret ever doing
that. I have no intention of killing her. She was my girlfriend before. She
told me that she is an executive girl, she had three children and I did not say
any problem, and before the misunderstanding between us, I promised to take her
as my wife.”
that. I have no intention of killing her. She was my girlfriend before. She
told me that she is an executive girl, she had three children and I did not say
any problem, and before the misunderstanding between us, I promised to take her
as my wife.”
The items recovered include a handbag,
Andriod Phone, a pair of underwear and slippers and a pack of condoms.
Andriod Phone, a pair of underwear and slippers and a pack of condoms.