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Man dies at mistress' house
09 Mar 2014 at 15:27hrs | Views
A fish seller, identified as Alhaja Adegbite in Oluwatedo, Nigeria, was interrogated by the police over the death of her male lover in her house.
The man, a banker who also lived in the area, was said to have died during sex with the woman.
Although, she has been living alone in her house on Ayegbajeje Street, she is said to have left her husband and children when the man suffered stroke and was hospitalised.
Residents said a community leader was alerted in the evening of that day that a man might have died in Alhaja's house and that the woman was trying to cover up the incident by getting rid of the corpse.
The leader, being a police informant, then reported the incident at the Itele police station close to the community.
He also informed members of the vigilance group in the community about the development.
The police, members of the vigilance group and some community leaders theredore, arranged to monitor Alhaja's movements.
Around 2:30 am on that day, the vigilance group was alerted that Alhaja, with the help of a commercial motorbike operator, dumped the body of the deceased by the roadside around Kennedy Road, which is a short distance to her residence.
Members of the vigilance group alerted the police about the development before storming Alhaja's apartment to confront her about the misdeed.
When asked to produce the deceased's body, the woman denied that a man died in her house, insisting that the man left her apartment the day before.
But the men told her that they saw traces of the deceased's legs being dragged to the roadside. They showed her the traces from her backyard, with streaks of what appeared to be the deceased's blood as he bled from one of his legs and nose.
Alhaja confessed that the deceased actually died in her apartment after she was beaten up.was given some beating which forced her to confess that the deceased actually died in her apartment.
However, she insisted that she never had sex with the deceased, saying he only came to show her some documents.
But some residents in the area, notably women who didn't want their names in print, told Daily Sun that the man actually died while having sex with Alhaja.
But Alhaja's version of the story differed from the residents' account.
Alhaja said that the deceased had visited her in her house where she lives alone in her apartment.
Even though she had tenants within the house, in the afternoon of March 3. she said the man came to discuss some serious issues with her.
"He had finished discussing a certain business transaction he had with some people when I shouted, telling him that he must have been duped by the men he had dealings with.
"It was at that point that the man expressed shock, and being hypertensive, he collapsed and gave up the ghost right there and then," Alhaja insisted.
Alhaja was held by plain clothes police women as she had been badly beaten up.
Angry residents said that Alhaja Adegbite must be a very heartless woman to have tried to cover up the death of the deceased.
In defence, she tried to explain what actually happened.
"I was just afraid. I didn't know things would turn out like this. I thought erroneously that covering up would be the best since I don't know what killed the man. I am very sorry about this. Maybe I should be allowed to go with him. Since he's dead, let me also die too," she sobbed.
Residents said that Alhaja had confessed that she threw off some of the documents brought by the deceased into that bush.
"The men, working with the police, had been searching the bush for documents, especially, the man's mobile phone. They have recovered the documents but are still looking for the phone.
"While the men thought that the cell phone could also be inside the bush, Alhaja was heard telling some residents who came to her that the cell phone was in the deceased's pocket when she dragged him to the roadside," a resident told the reporter.
The deceased's body, found at the roadside on Kennedy Road in the community, has since been taken to a mortuary in Sango Otta, on the same day.
The family of the deceased reportedly said said they were not interested in pursuing the matter legally meaning Alhaja might soon regain her freedom.
The man, a banker who also lived in the area, was said to have died during sex with the woman.
Although, she has been living alone in her house on Ayegbajeje Street, she is said to have left her husband and children when the man suffered stroke and was hospitalised.
Residents said a community leader was alerted in the evening of that day that a man might have died in Alhaja's house and that the woman was trying to cover up the incident by getting rid of the corpse.
The leader, being a police informant, then reported the incident at the Itele police station close to the community.
He also informed members of the vigilance group in the community about the development.
The police, members of the vigilance group and some community leaders theredore, arranged to monitor Alhaja's movements.
Around 2:30 am on that day, the vigilance group was alerted that Alhaja, with the help of a commercial motorbike operator, dumped the body of the deceased by the roadside around Kennedy Road, which is a short distance to her residence.
Members of the vigilance group alerted the police about the development before storming Alhaja's apartment to confront her about the misdeed.
When asked to produce the deceased's body, the woman denied that a man died in her house, insisting that the man left her apartment the day before.
But the men told her that they saw traces of the deceased's legs being dragged to the roadside. They showed her the traces from her backyard, with streaks of what appeared to be the deceased's blood as he bled from one of his legs and nose.
Alhaja confessed that the deceased actually died in her apartment after she was beaten up.was given some beating which forced her to confess that the deceased actually died in her apartment.
However, she insisted that she never had sex with the deceased, saying he only came to show her some documents.
But some residents in the area, notably women who didn't want their names in print, told Daily Sun that the man actually died while having sex with Alhaja.
But Alhaja's version of the story differed from the residents' account.
Alhaja said that the deceased had visited her in her house where she lives alone in her apartment.
Even though she had tenants within the house, in the afternoon of March 3. she said the man came to discuss some serious issues with her.
"He had finished discussing a certain business transaction he had with some people when I shouted, telling him that he must have been duped by the men he had dealings with.
"It was at that point that the man expressed shock, and being hypertensive, he collapsed and gave up the ghost right there and then," Alhaja insisted.
Alhaja was held by plain clothes police women as she had been badly beaten up.
Angry residents said that Alhaja Adegbite must be a very heartless woman to have tried to cover up the death of the deceased.
In defence, she tried to explain what actually happened.
"I was just afraid. I didn't know things would turn out like this. I thought erroneously that covering up would be the best since I don't know what killed the man. I am very sorry about this. Maybe I should be allowed to go with him. Since he's dead, let me also die too," she sobbed.
Residents said that Alhaja had confessed that she threw off some of the documents brought by the deceased into that bush.
"The men, working with the police, had been searching the bush for documents, especially, the man's mobile phone. They have recovered the documents but are still looking for the phone.
"While the men thought that the cell phone could also be inside the bush, Alhaja was heard telling some residents who came to her that the cell phone was in the deceased's pocket when she dragged him to the roadside," a resident told the reporter.
The deceased's body, found at the roadside on Kennedy Road in the community, has since been taken to a mortuary in Sango Otta, on the same day.
The family of the deceased reportedly said said they were not interested in pursuing the matter legally meaning Alhaja might soon regain her freedom.
Source - Sunnews
