The death of a pregnant woman in front of her lover's apartment has
thrown the police into confusion on how to solve the mystery.
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Raphael Agboola and the house where the incident happened(Punch)
The mysterious death of a pregnant woman identified simply as Adeola, has thrown residents of 21, Oshoba Close, Itire, Lagos State, into confusion after her corpse was found in front of her 57-year-old's lover's apartment.
The man identified as Raphael Agboola,
according to reports, and the deceased who is said to be 25, were live
in lovers till she informed him that she was pregnant for another man
and the heartbroken man allegedly sent her out of the house but she kept
coming to beg him, hoping he would change his mind.
On
the day Adeola reportedly died, she had come once again to beg Agboola
but he refused to listen to her nor open his door for her, leading to
her passing the night in front of his room on a cushion chair where her
lifeless body was discovered the next door.
The
Kwara State born Agboola who has been arrested by police from the Itire
Police Station, however, said he knows nothing about his lover's death.
“I
am from Kwara State. I met Adeola while I was going to church on the
first Sunday of the year in January 2016. I saw her walking along
Wuraola bus stop in Mushin area of Lagos. I was attracted to her, so I
stopped her and tried to woo her and she accepted.
I
gave her my house address to come and check on me later that day. She
came that afternoon as agreed and during our discussion, I asked her
where she was from and she told me Oyo State. I also asked her about her
parents and she told me they were both dead.
I
then asked her who she was living with, she told me she was living with
an aunt. To prove to her that I really wanted a serious relationship, I
told her I would want to see her aunt. We agreed to go there on the
Thursday of same week. We exchanged phone numbers and I told her to call
me on that Thursday so that I would know where to meet her and then
proceed to her aunt’s house.
After our
discussion, she left. I did not even touch her that day. Surprisingly,
Thursday came and I heard nothing from Adeola. I called her later to
know why she did not stick to our plan. She told me she was busy and
could not make it.
I saw reasons with
her and told her it was not a problem and that we could always fix
another time. The relationship continued on phone, but she never visited
my house again. It was, however, unusual when after sometime, her
number was no longer going through.
I
just took it as one of those things since I do not know her house or
even have anyone to ask of her whereabout. It was, however, amazing when
on the 14th March, 2016, when I returned from work at about 7:30 p.m,
my neighbour told me someone had been waiting to see me.
I
asked her who it was and she said it was a lady. I did not take my
neighbour serious and even after she showed me where the person sat, I
could not recognize the person. So, I walked straight into my apartment.
I was praying when I noticed someone walk into my apartment.
I
chose to finish my prayer before attending to whoever it was. When I
finished and raised my head, I noticed it was Adeola. I was surprised
and asked her what brought her to my place since she did not bother to
check on me all this while.
She told me
she was pregnant and needed help. I asked her who was responsible for
the pregnancy and she told me the person ran away when he discovered she
was pregnant. I then asked about her aunt she was living with, she told
me her aunt had sent her packing after she discovered she was pregnant.
I also noticed she had a terrible
cough. So, I told her I could not help her situation. I asked her to go
back home and beg her aunt. She left my house and I refreshed that night
and went to bed. It was, however, surprising when the next morning, at
about 7a.m., one of my neighbours, a Muslim cleric informed me that the
lady who came to look for me last night was lying dead on a cushion
outside my compound.
I rushed out and
noticed she was the one. I was confused and could not explain what had
actually happened to her. My neighbours, however, alerted the police at
Itire division about what had happened. I was arrested and subsequently
transferred to the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence
Department (SCID) Panti Yaba.
My hands
are clean. Sincerely, I have nothing to do with Adeola’s death. I did
not kill her and did not even have the slightest clue that she did not
leave that night. If I am vindicated, I obviously will stay off women
because I have seen a lot.
I have been
married twice on different occasions and they both left me with my two
children because I was not wealthy. I had kept to myself not until when I
meet Adeola.”