An Ogun State-based contractor, Hakeem Oladimeji, has committed suicide after killing his girlfriend in the Bariga area of Lagos.
It was gathered that Oladimeji lived in Ogun State with his family but rented an apartment for his girlfriend in the Ilaje area of Bariga, Lagos State.
The man and his girlfriend were said to have had an argument that degenerated into a disagreement.
In the course of the disagreement, Oladimeji was said to have hit his girlfriend in the head with a stick which caused her to slump and die on the spot.
Discovering what he had done, the man was said to have carried his girlfriend’s remains into his Toyota Sienna vehicle, drove to his home in Ogun State, where he dropped a note in which he explained what happened to his wife, and then drove to an area close to the NASFAT Islamic Centre along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. where he locked himself in the vehicle alongside his girlfriend’s remains and committed suicide.
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Passersby were said to have discovered the decomposing bodies of the duo following a stench that oozed out of the car.
The vehicle was then towed to the Ibafo Police Station.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident and explained the circumstances surrounding it.
“The man’s name is Hakeem Oladimeji; he and his girlfriend were the ones found dead in a Sienna vehicle parked at the entrance of the NASFAT campground. Oladimeji lived in Ogun State, but rented an apartment for his girlfriend in Lagos State.
“A fight broke out between them without anyone knowing the cause of the fight and he hit her head with a stick and she slumped. Immediately, he deposited her corpse in his car, drove straight to his house, but those who saw him carrying the corpse into his car reported the case at the Ilaje Police Station at Bariga.
“When he got home, he dropped a suicide note for his wife, which stated that he had killed someone and he’s going to commit suicide and she shouldn’t bother looking for him.
“He drove his dead girlfriend straight to the Ibafo area of Ogun State, parked his car close to the entrance of the NASFAT Islamic Centre, brought out an insecticide, wound up the glasses, drank it and died,” Oyeyemi said.