Man Stabbed To Death After Winning Lottery

Ejike Onyejekwe , a 35 year old man has been killed in FESTAC TOWN, where he lived, after he won a huge amount of money from a lottery.


 It was learnt that he had organized a party last week Thursday and Friday to celebrate his winning.On Friday evening,sources say he was heard arguing with a a yet to be identified person on phone,following which he told the person he was coming to see him/her but he never returned.His copse was discovered by the chairman of the estate on Saturday.


  A source who did not want to be named said: “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.”



 “When the police were removing his corpse, blood was dripping from his mouth and nostrils. He was murdered in cold blood.” said another source.  





 SP Dolapo Badmos,PPRO forLagos state confirmed the incident, adding that the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba.She added that:



 " 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.” PUNCH