A pregnant lady, simply identified as Adeola, was found
dead recently at No. 21, Oshoba Close, Itire, Lagos.
Vanguard reports that Adeola was said to have come to
visit her lover, one Raphael Agboola, on March 14, before
she met her untimely death. Her lifeless body was found
on a cushion outside the compound the next day.
Twenty-five-year-old Adeola is said to have been in a
relationship with Raphael, a 57- year -old welder for about
three months. But trouble came into the scene when
Adeola said she was pregnant for another man. Raphael
sent her out of his house…but Adeola thought her man will
change his mind and let her sleep. But the opposite was
the case as her dead body was later found outside the
house.
When Raphael was picked up by the police, he said
he knew nothing about her death and that he had no canal
knowledge of her.
He said: “I am from Kwara state. I met Adeosun while I
was going to church on the first Sunday of the year in
January 2016. I saw her walking along Wuraola bus stop
in Mushin area of Lagos. I was attracted to her, so I
stopped her and tried to woo her and she accepted. I gave
her my house address to come and check on me later that
day.
“She came that afternoon as agreed and during our
discussion, I asked her where she was from and she told
me Oyo state. I also asked her about her parents and she
told me they were both dead. I then asked her who she
was living with, she told me she was living with an aunt.
To prove to her that I really wanted a serious relationship,
I told her I would want to see her aunt. We agreed to go
there on the Thursday of same week. We exchanged phone
numbers and I told her to call me on that Thursday so
that I would know where to meet her and then proceed to
her aunt’s house. After our discussion, she left. I did not
even touch her that day.
“Surprisingly, Thursday came and I heard nothing from
Adeola. I called her later to know why she did not stick to
our plan. She told me she was busy and could not make
it. I saw reasons with her and told her it was not a
problem and that we could always fix another time. The
relationship continued on phone, but she never visited my
house again. It was, however, unusual when after
sometime, her number was no longer going through. I just
took it as one of those things since I do not know her
house or even have anyone to ask of her whereabout.
“It was, however, amazing when on the March 14, when I
returned from work at about 7:30 p.m, my neighbour told
me someone had been waiting to see me. I asked her who
it was and she said it was a lady. I did not take my
neighbour serious and even after she showed me where
the person sat, I could not recognize the person. So, I
walked straight into my apartment. I was praying when I
noticed someone walk into my apartment. I chose to finish
my prayer before attending to whoever it was. When I
finished and raised my head, I noticed it was Adeola. I was
surprised and asked her what brought her to my place
since she did not bother to check on me all this while.
“She told me she was pregnant and needed help. I asked
her who was responsible for the pregnancy and she told
me the person ran away when he discovered she was
pregnant. I then asked about her aunt she was living with,
she told me her aunt had sent her packing after she
discovered she was pregnant. I also noticed she had a
terrible cough. So, I told her I could not help her situation.
I asked her to go back home and beg her aunt. She left my
house and I refreshed that night and went to bed.
“It was, however, surprising when the next morning, at
about 7a.m., one of my neighbours, a Muslim cleric
informed me that the lady who came to look for me last
night was lying dead on a cushion outside my compound.
I rushed out and noticed she was the one. I was confused
and could not explain what had actually happened to her.
My neighbours, however, alerted the Police at Itire division
about what had happened. I was arrested and
subsequently transferred to the State Criminal
Investigations and Intelligence Department (SCID) Panti
Yaba. My hands are clean.
“Sincerely, I have nothing to do with Adeola’s death. I did
not kill her and did not even have the slightest clue that
she did not leave that night. If I am vindicated, I obviously
will stay off women because I have seen a lot. I have been
married twice on different occasions and they both left me
with my two children because I was not wealthy. I had
kept to myself not until when I meet Adeola.”
