How Man, 39, Stab*ed Mistress, Took Own Life

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

More facts have emerged on what transpired between a 39-year old man, Chris Ndukwe, who stabbed his mistress, Olamide Alli, to death and drank some poisonous substance suspected to be Sniper insecticide in order to terminate his own life in Lagos.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incidents happened at Victory Point Estate in Ilasan, Lekki area of Lagos, where Ndukwe resides while Olamide lived at Ogba area of Lagos with her two children before she visited him on invitation.

Police sources said that it was during the visit that Ndukwe and Olamide had undisclosed disagreement and in the process, Ndukwe brought a kitchen knife, stabbed Olamide severally on her body and she bled to death. Having realised that he had murdered her, he drank Sniper insecticide and took his own life. Both of them were later found dead inside his bedroom.

The  matter got exposed after the residents, who heard the disturbing music from Ndukwe’s apartment, went to call him to order but met Olamide’s  sister, She then went to Olamide’s room to inform her about what the residents had said. The sister was said to have knocked severally and both Olamide and Ndukwe did not respond by opening the door. The door was then forced open and both of them were found dead.

This was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, who said that the corpses have been retrieved and deposited at the mortuary for autopsy test.

He said, “on 21st June, 2020, at about 1600hrs, Ilasan Police Station received an information that, a couple identified as Olamide Alli ‘f’ 25 years old and Chris Ndukwe ‘m’ 39 years old, were found dead in the man’s residence at Road 5, House 16a, Victory Point Estate, Ilasan. A team of homicide detectives was deployed to the scene and the crime scene was preserved for forensic analysis”. 
“The lady was found in the pool of her blood with deep cuts on her head. The man’s mouth was foaming with whitish substance. It was alleged that the man stabbed the woman to death with a kitchen knife and thereafter drank some poisonous substances suspected to be Sniper insecticide insecticide. Two blood stained kitchen knives, two empty bottles of the poisonous substances, three empty cans of Red Bull energy drink and a plier were recovered from the scene. The two corpses were removed and deposited in a public mortuary for autopsy.”

Information gathered from some family members revealed that the couple was in relationship for over seven years, though not married, had two boys, aged 7 and 3. The relationship was described as complicated, as the couple was on and off over the years. While the man lived in Victory Point Estate Ilasan, the woman lived in Ogba area of Lagos.

The woman was said to have visited the man alongside her 22-year old sister a night before the incident on his invitation. Her sister was the first to have noticed that both were dead and raised alarm.

In her statement, she was said to have been woken up by loud music from the room where the corpses were found, as herself and the kids slept in a different room. 

It is not yet clear what might have triggered the murder. The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered a thorough investigation into the case.