Man Kills Lover's Ex-Boyfriend

A 27-year-old transporter, David Omoregbe, and his 22-year-old girlfriend, Temisan Bolodeoku, on Tuesday appeared before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos,  charged with killing the woman’s lover. Omoregbe and Temisan Bolodeoku, an apprentice tailor, are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder.

The prosecutor, Insp. Rita Momoh, said that the duo committed the offence at about 12.30 p.m. on Oct. 2, at No. 20, Adeojo St., Isheri-Oshun, Lagos State.

She said that the deceased, one Kehinde Owasoye, was Bolodeoku’s former lover before they went their separate ways. Momoh added: "Omoregbe, who is the present lover of Bolodeoku, learnt that the woman was seeing the deceased again and got upset.’’

She said that on the fateful day, Omoregbe traced Owasoye and Bolodeoku to the said address where he found them together in bed and stabbed the deceased with a pair of scissors, causing Owasoye’s death. According to the prosecutor, the offences contravene Sections 221 and 231 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.

The Magistrate, Mrs M.O. Tanimola, did not take the plea of the defendants but ordered that they should be remanded, pending the advice of the State Director of Public Prosecution. Tanimola thereafter adjourned the case to Nov. 12.