Recounting the incident that led to the victim’s death, the
father of two said this was actually the second time he was visiting her house
in Lagos.
He said: “I met her online sometime between September and
October 2014 on facebook and we began to chat. Early this year she came to
Sagamu to visit me and she spent two days with me. She actually came on Friday
and went back to Lagos on Saturday.
“I have an apartment where I work in Sagamu but my wife and
children live in another apartment in Ibadan. I came to see her in Lagos around
first week of March where I spent the weekend with her. This was the second
time I visited her.
“On that fateful evening, we went out, spent quality time
together and later retired to her apartment and slept.
‘’At about midnight, she began to complain about headache
and then she started coughing. She coughed for a long while. It was when the
coughing persisted that I had to go and knock on her next neighbours’ door to
help me locate a nearby hospital, since I am not familiar with Lagos terrain.
“So with the help of her neighbours, we went to a nearby
private hospital (names withheld). After examining her condition, she was
referred to the general hospital. At this time, her condition was getting
worse, yet I did all I could to get her to the hospital.
“With the assistance of her neighbours, we made it to Ifako
General Hospital in Ogba. By the time they began to attend to her, she had
passed on. I am not in any way responsible for her death.”
Ezekiel was arrested over the death of his facebook lover,
Adekemi, who died during his visit to her apartment at 5, Folorunsho Street,
off Ajayi Road, Ogba.
It was learned that the suspect’s wife who works with
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in Ibadan, was at the State
Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, last Wednesday to see her husband.
Confirming the incident, Lagos Police Public Relations Officer,
DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said autopsy would soon be conducted to determine the actual
cause of the victim’s death as investigation continues.
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