Lagos Lady Explains Why She Stabbed Former Boyfriend To Death

A 29-year old, Primary School teacher, Jacinta Igboke has been arrested after being held by the police in Lagos for stabbing his former boyfriend to death.

Jacinta who has confessed to the action said she acted in self-defence following a fight over the upkeep allowance for their lovechild.

The incident which happened at the victim’s shop alogn Old Ojo Road in the Satellite area of Lagos according to Ms. Igboke happened when she went to demand for upkeep for their child.

Narrating how it happened, she said:

“When  I got pregnant, Ani’s parents were  not in support of our relationship because they said I was older than him and  that he was supposed to marry a woman from his village in Enugu State.

“He was born on November 19, 1990 while I was born on 29 October, 1990. They said they would only accept the baby.”

Igboke explained that she reported Arinze at the human rights section of the Satellite Police Station consequent upon which  he was invited for dialogue. At the meeting, it was resolved that she should live with him at his Ijegun residence, adding that their coexistence was fraught with quarrels.

“Ani’s brother and sister lived with us, but the sister later left after she got married. Six months after I gave birth, I went out one day but when I came back, I found out that they had packed out.

“I went back to the police station in July 2019 and they invited him. He said he didn’t want to marry me. The police told him he must take care of the baby and instructed him to give me N10,000, one carton of noodles and rice every month for our baby’s  upkeep.

“Since then, he never bought any foodstuff for the baby and he didn’t pay the N10,000. All he did was to send N2,000 or N3,000 into my account. Most times, I had to go to his shop to ask for the money.

When I got to his shop, the first time he was not around. I went to a market to buy some clothes for my child. I went back to the shop and showed him the clothes. I asked him to give me money so I could buy shoes and some other things the boy needed. He pushed me away and a motorbike almost hit me.

“I entered his shop again angrily and he pushed me. I fell on a pavement and hit my head on the ground. I then picked up a knife in self-defence. I didn’t know when I stabbed him,” she added.

Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, said the suspect would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.

He said, “we received a distress call that the woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend on the right side of the chest, killing him in the process. A police team was mobilised to the location where the suspect was rescued from a mob and the body of the victim recovered.

“The body of the victim was taken to the mortuary for autopsy. The suspect and the victim were lovers and between them is a male child of about one and half years whose upkeep is believed to be the source of their constant quarrels.”

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