It’s A Case Of Murder, Suicide —Police React To Death Of Lovers In Car

The police has reacted to the case of lovers found dead in a car.

A man and a woman were found lifeless inside a Sienna vehicle along the Mowe/Ibafo axis of Lagos–Ibadan highway.

Residents of the area said the car with Lagos number plate, LSD 992 HH, was seen locked up with the two of them inside.

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The man has now been identified as an Ogun contractor named Hakeem Oladimeji.

Ogun Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the death.

Oyeyemi said the man and the woman did not die under the burning flame of romance inside the car, explaining that it was a case of murder first and suicide later.

The Police spokesperson added that the man had visited the deceased woman, who is believed to be his girlfriend, somewhere in Lagos before the two died one after the other.

Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the corpses had been evacuated from the car and deposited in a hospital morgue.

He said: “The two did not die while having sex. What happened was that the girl in question happened to be a girlfriend to that man.

“He rented an apartment for her somewhere in Lagos. He went there to visit her. We don’t know what transpired between them, but we learnt he hit the woman on the head and she slumped.

“He carried the lifeless body of the woman in his vehicle. People in that neighbourhood ran to Ilaje police station in Bariga to report.

“But he drove off straight to his house at Orimerunmu. He dropped a suicide note, informing his wife that he had killed somebody.

“He told his wife not to bother looking for him, asking her to take care of the children. Then he left the house.

“He drove and parked near NASFAT area and he committed suicide there. We saw a container of Sniper in the vehicle, which suggested that he drank Sniper (an insecticide). He wound up the glasses and died in the vehicle. So, it is a case of murder and suicide.”