A 35-year-old man, identified as Ejike Onyejekwe, has been reportedly stabbed to death by an unknown person in his home at 21 Road, K Close, FESTAC Town area of Lagos State, after winning huge amount of money from lottery.
The victim, in celebration of the winning, had bought drinks for his friends and thrown a party last Thursday and Friday.
Neighbours said Onyejekwe was heard arguing with an unidentified person on the phone that Friday evening, and later told them he was going out to see to meet the man.
According to a report in the Punch, he never returned as his corpse was allegedly discovered the next day on one of the estate.
One of his neighbours, who graved anonymity, said the chairman of the estate called the attention of residents to the corpse on Saturday.
According to him, “I was sipping tea around 7am when I heard the chairman blowing a whistle. I thought it was strange, but my wife called my attention to the surging crowd on the estate.
“I went downstairs and saw the corpse on the road. Like everybody, I was alarmed. We could not tell how the corpse got there or who he was.
“He had multiple stab injuries in the head. We all resolved that the case should be reported at the FESTAC Police Station.”
The corpse was said to have been deposited in a morgue in the area while the police arrested and detained the chairman of the estate and his secretary; they were later released.
The neighbour also added that the victim won a lottery, few days to his death.
He said, “The man won a lot of money in a lottery and from last Thursday to Friday, he was asking his friends to drink at his expense.
“He was called on the phone that Friday evening and he went to meet a man. I suspect that a gang stabbed him and used an object to hit him in the head. There were bruises on his knees and it appeared they dragged him on the floor as well.
“When the police were removing his corpse, blood was dripping from his mouth and nostrils. He was murdered in cold blood.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident, adding that the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba.
She said, “The chairman of one of the estates reported that at about 7am, he woke up and saw the victim lying lifeless with injuries on his head and body.
“The corpse was deposited at the Isolo General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy. Two suspects, Suleiman Ahmed and Ibrahim Yusuf, were arrested and the case transferred to the SCIID for further investigation.”
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