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A 24-year-old man, identified simply as Tọba, has reportedly slit the throat of his pregnant girlfriend, Tunrayo Odubanjo, in Mowe, Ogun State.
Toba and his girlfriend were at his residence when he sent her to get an alcoholic drink on Wednesday, The PUNCH reports.
The victim was said to have worn his slippers to the place.
A resident, who gave her name as Peju, said when Odubanjo returned, he attacked her for wearing his slippers.
“He told her to pack out of his house, but she kept begging him and when she decided to leave the house, she could not see her slippers. She asked him for the slippers and Toba said he threw them into the bush. She pleaded with him to help her retrieve them from the bush, but he refused.
“I tried to intervene, but he threatened to use broken tiles on me. So, I withdrew and continued with what I was doing. The girl later asked me for slippers, but I told her I had none. Suddenly, he pursued the girl again, dragged her into the bush and started beating her.
“I heard the girl begging and thought it was just beating. After a few minutes, I suddenly saw him sitting on the lady. I quickly called people at the site and the son of a chief in our community and they rushed down to apprehend him as he abandoned her corpse in the bush and wanted to run. Toba used broken tiles to slit his girlfriend’s throat,” she said.
Another resident, who gave his name as Qudus, said Toba just packed into the community, adding that he was taken to Mowe Police Station.
“I saw the girl’s corpse as people carried her out of the bush. A cloth was used to cover her neck. He moved into his house in the community two days ago; he is popular for selling Indian hemp,” Qudus added.
The Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the command would release a statement on the incident later.
“I can’t give a reaction now; I want to see the person myself to know what actually happened,” he added.
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