A 25-year-old woman has been reportedly found dead in the apartment of her boyfriend, Gbolahan Adebayo, aged 23 in the Ijedodo area of Lagos State.
It was learnt that the incident came to light after a neighbour at about 7:00am on Sunday, February 23, heard Adebayo screaming for help.
Lagos Police Command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident on Monday, asserted that the neighbours rushed to his apartment, where they found the young woman unconscious on the bed, bearing signs of severe physical abuse.
The statement revealed that she was rushed to a hospital in Ijegun, where the attending doctor declared her dead on arrival.
The statement reads in part, “Murder and arrest of suspect on 23/02/25 at about 0900 hours one neighbour reported at Isheri Osun division that on 21/02/25 at about 2000 hours he saw his neighbour one Gbolahan Adebayo ‘m’ age 23 years beating his girlfriend aged 25 years in his home in Ijedodo for yet-to-be determined reasons.
“However, at about 0700 hours the said Gbolahan Adebayo ‘m’ reportedly screamed for help and on getting to his apartment, the said girlfriend was met lying unconscious on the bed with visible mark of violence found on the body.
“She was immediately taken to hospital in Ijegun where he was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty based on the report a team of detectives visited the scene the hospital was also visited where the corpse was inspected and photographed corpse evacuated and deposited at morgue in Yaba for autopsy.
“The suspect was promptly arrested and investigation in progress on the matter.”
