A 22-year-old woman identified as Ifeoma Okechukwu on Monday, around 12.30pm, killed a man who allegedly tried to rape her at her residence in Atlantic View Estate, Alpha Beach Road, Lekki area of Lagos State.
Okechukwu who hails from Imo State narrated her ordeal, saying she was on her way back from the store where she went to buy sanitary pad when the unfamiliar man waylaid her.
“After buying the sanitary pads, I was going back home when I saw a man, who should be in his forties, standing at a corner. He approached me and ordered me to take him to my house.
“He put his hand into his pocket as if he wanted to bring out a weapon. He said he would kill me if I shouted. When we got to the house, he said I should shut the door and I did. He said I should remove my clothes; and I started begging him, but he refused to listen.
“So I told him to let me get to the kitchen because I was cooking something and I would be back. I got a rod and hid it in my wrapper. I went back and moved slowly towards him, still begging, but he refused.
“He was taking off his clothes and wearing a condom when I used the rod to hit him in the head. I started screaming. And then I picked the phone and called my uncle,” she said
Okechukwu’s Uncle who preferred not to be named, told newsmen that immediately his niece called to tell him what had happened, he went to the Ilasan Police Station and reported the matter.
“I was not at home when the incident happened and her younger brother had also gone out. So, she was alone in the house and it was possible he had been monitoring her movement.
“When she called me and told me what had happened, I left the office and went to the police station in Jakande Estate where I reported the matter,” he said.
According to a reliable police source, investigators found a pack of condom on the deceased, including a phone which contained no SIM card. He also added that no one has come to claim the corpse of the deceased since the incident.
“He was about wearing the condom when the girl hit him on the head and he died. His mission was to rape her and steal from the house. He probably took advantage of her frail stature.
“We have got information that he was not alone. He belonged to a gang that has been terrorising Lekki residents for some time now. And that’s why since this incident, nobody knows his name and address, and none of his relatives has come forward to say they know him,” he said.
Meanwhile, Okechukwu was still in Police custody as at press time.
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