How Girl, 16, Stabbed Father’s Friend To Death To Avoid Being Raped

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

Police operatives at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti Yaba, Lagos, have commenced investigation to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of a 49-year old man, who was stabbed to death by a 16-year old girl.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Ogundele Street, Aboru area of Lagos, where the victim, Babatunde Ishola, resides before he was murdered by the girl, identified as Miss Timilehin Taiwo.

Though the suspect, Timilehin, claimed that she murdered him in self defence after the deceased attempted to rape her, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered a thorough investigation over the murder.
This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, who said that Timilehin was in Police custody.

He explained that on 7th March, 2020, at about 1500hrs, Oke Odo Police Station received information that one Babatunde Ishola ‘m’ 49 years old, a security guard in a school at Aboru, was stabbed to death by one Timilehin Taiwo ‘f’ 16 years of No.10, Olalemide Street, Aboru, an SS3 Student.
Homicide detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer, Oke Odo, visited the crime scene at Ogundele Street, Aboru, where the corpse of the man was found lying in the pool of his blood. The corpse was evacuated to the hospital for post mortem examination. 
The suspect was arrested and the knife, which she used in stabbing the deceased person was recovered as exhibit and in Police custody.

DSP Elkana said that in her statement, the suspect said, the deceased person, who is her father’s friend, invited her to his house to assist him in fetching water, as he lives in the house alone. That she has always been helping him with the house chores. That while she was helping out with the water, on 7th March, 2020, he attempted raping her. That she picked a knife from the room and stabbed him. 
Elkana said that the suspect was taken to hospital for medical and forensic examination and the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department Yaba for discreet investigation. 
The suspect may likely be charged before the Court for murder for terminating another person’s life which attracts life imprisonment or death by hanging if she is tried in Court and found guilty.