MICHAEL AKINOLA
Barely few days after a housewife, Mrs. Stella Peter, stabbed her husband, Bala Haruna, to death over money for their daughter`s birthday party, another woman has stabbed her lover to death over N2,500 to plait her hair.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that a 300-level student of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Bukola Odeyemi, has allegedly stabbed her lover, John Iju, to death at Treasure Base Hostel, Iworoko-Ekiti.
The suspect, a 20-year-old student in the Department of Biology Education, allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death after an argument, which ensued between the duo over her lover’s failure to give her N2,500 to plait hair.
It was gathered that the tragic incident, which occurred at about 10pm on Monday, caused panic in the area. The victim’s outcry for help was said to have attracted residents, who rushed to the scene and called the Police.
An eyewitness, who craved anonymity, wondered why a girl would kill her boyfriend over money to plait hair.
He said, “Odeyemi had demanded N2,500 from her lover, also a student of EKSU, to get her hair done at the salon, but an argument ensued after the deceased refused to give her the money. During the altercation, Odeyemi stabbed Iju on the chest and his cry for help attracted us but he did not survive the injury”.
Ekiti State Police spokesman, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, confirmed the incident, saying that the suspect has been arrested and will be charged to Court after investigation is concluded.