INTERPOL ARRESTS MAN WHO KILLED HIS LOVER ON XMASS DAY

International Police, Benin Republic, has arrested the man who killed his live-in-lover on Christmas day at the Festac area of Lagos State and disappeared.

The suspect, Monday Hounga, 28, was arrested on December 31, 2015, at about 11:45am by Nigeria/Benin Joint patrol and handed over to Nigerian Police, the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos State.  He was handed to Nigerian Police, on January 1, 2016.

Hounga is however denying being responsible for the murder of his girlfriend. Fielding questions from detectives, Hounga said he and his lover, Cecilia Joseph, 21, were attacked and stabbed by armed robbers.

The suspect, on Christmas day, was said to have stabbed Joseph to death and bolted to Benin Republic.

A resident, who pleaded anonymity, said the lovers quarreled for over an hour and later resorted to fighting after Joseph received a phone call from another man in front of her lover, Monday.

After the call, Joseph wanted to go out, but Monday ordered her not to. He felt she was going out to meet the caller. Joseph ignored the order and allegedly went to have a date with the caller. This apparently infuriated Hounga.

When Joseph returned, the lovers embarked on another round of fighting. The fight was said to have lasted till midnight.  Joseph allegedly picked a kitchen knife and stabbed Monday in the stomach. Monday immediately grabbed the knife and stabbed Joseph in the neck. She reportedly died on the spot. 

A resident however told police that she saw when Hounga was stabbing Joseph.

A police source said: “A neighbour said that she saw the suspect stabbing the victim. When people tried to stop him, he threatened he would stab them too. He is however denying stabbing the victim. He said armed robbers attacked them. It’s clear that he had been coached on what to say.”

Warming to his theme that armed robbers attacked them, Hounga showed the wound located on his upper abdomen.

Meanwhile, the stab wounds on Joseph’s body were many. She was stabbed on the body, arm, neck and abdomen.