A 24-year old lady in Lagos has murdered her lover over a bitter dispute on sex.
Blessing Edet
A man named Edet Ebong has been murdered by his lover, Blessing Edet, 24 of the Ogombo village, Lekki in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State.
Blessing stabbed the deceased with a knife in his stomach during a bitter fracas over sex on the 18th of August. According to the suspect, the deceased Edet Ebong demanded for sex while she turned him down as she needed rest from the day's stress.
The deceased persisted in his demands, this led to a subsequent physical assault during which a major accident resulted out of anger.
Blessing Edet narrated the incident thus:
“We lay down to sleep and he started making advances on me for sex. I told him I had a hectic day and was tired. He flared up and started beating me.
“He broke the standing mirror in the room and injured me above my left eye with the broken glass.
"In defence, I ran to pick up the kitchen knife I had used while preparing ‘Indomie’ noodles for him.
"I mistakenly stabbed him in the stomach.”
Rather than look for ways to stem the blood flowing out from his stomach, Ebong allegedly continued to chase his lover round the room until he became too weak.
“After stabbing him, the fight continued. He went under the bed, brought out a cutlass and said he was going to kill me.
It was at this point that my younger brother who had been trying to stop us, but to no avail, rushed out to call neighbours.
“My landlord heard the shout and rushed into our room.
"He saw Edet bleeding while I was holding a knife. He alerted the police and Edet was rushed to the hospital. Unfortunately he died two days after.”
According to reports, the love birds had been engaged for the past 18 months and were at the verge of finalising their marriage plans when the tragedy occurred.
The late Ebong, an employee of Akwa Ibom State Transport Company (AKTC), had returned to home around 11pm on that fateful day. Blessing told the police he came home drunk.