Fleeing bricklayer arrested after strangling wife to death over adulterous acts
A bricklayer, Akinyemi Edgar Koja, has finally been arrested after allegedly strangling his wife, Ajoke, to death.
Koja had been on the run since the incident occurred at their apartment in Agemowo area of Badagry last December. He was declared wanted by the Lagos State Police Command.
Police successfully apprehended the suspect at an undisclosed area around Lagos Island after tracing his hideout through phone calls.
Koja allegedly killed his 28-year-old graduate wife and dumped her corpse inside a well in his area. He fled afterwards.
It was gathered that there had been a lingering quarrel between the couple until the unexpected occurred.
However, during interrogation, the suspect stated that he carried out the act out of jealously, following what he described as his late wife’s adulterous acts.
There are reports that the suspect had contacted some of his relatives to plead with his in-laws on his behalf, so that the matter could be settled amicably.
Koja alleged during interrogation at the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department, SCIID that his late wife was having an extra marital affair.
Koja said: “I strangled her at night while she was sleeping. She was sleeping around with other men because she felt I am a poor man and she did not hide it. That fateful night, I suffocated her with pillows. When I discovered she was dead, I dumped the body inside a well close to our apartment. I ran away to make it look like I was not around when the incident happened.”
The suspect has been charged before Magistrate’s Court 12, Ebute Meta, for murder, from where he was remanded in prison custody by the Magistrate, Mrs Bola Folarin Williams.
The case has been adjourned to March 28 for hearing.
