Police have arrested one Victor Umeh who
killed his girlfriend, Happiness after he saw
her talking to her ex-boyfriend in the Okota
area of Lagos.
It was gathered that the suspect, a married
man with five children and trader at Ladipo
Market hosted a birthday party for
Happiness in a hotel along Ago-Palace Way,
Lagos on Saturday, July 29. As the party was
going on, Victor saw her conversing with
her former boyfriend and left in anger.
A quarrel ensued after Happiness returned
to Victor’s house located at 5/7 Michael
Osisipi Street, off Banjo Oyewele Street, Ago
Palace Way. Her shout for help alerted
neighbours, including a gateman, identified
simply as Adamu.
The neighbours were said to have searched
the flat for the victim, only to discover her
lifeless body behind Umeh’s window.
“We heard them quarreling, but we thought
it was a normal verbal war, until we did not
hear Happiness. We decided to find out
what was happening, only to meet the
lifeless body of Happiness,” a neighbour
said.
“When Victor saw us, he tried to escape, but
we held him and quickly alerted the police
from Ago-Okota Division, who came to the
scene and arrested him.”
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ago-
Okota Police Station, Mr. Yusuf Abdul, who
confirmed the incident said that Umeh was
arrested from where he was transferred to
the State Criminal Investigations and
Intelligence Department, SCIID.
“Around 12 midnight, one Osuh came and
reported that they heard loud screaming
coming from his neighbour’s apartment. He
said when he came out to find out what
was going on, in company with others, they
saw the lifeless body of Happiness whose
address and surname are unknown.
“We arrested one Victor, whom the
deceased visited, as he was trying to escape.
In a bid to frustrate investigation, the
suspects hid the deceased’s phone on top of
a fence after inserting it inside a packet of
cigarettes that contained Indian hemp.
“During interrogation, the suspect told us
that they went to a club along Ago-Palace
Way to celebrate the deceased’s birthday but
when they got there the deceased started
talking with her ex-boyfriend and he left in
anger for his house. Shortly after he got
home, the deceased came to meet him and
they had a fight that led to her death.”
Happiness’ body has been deposited at Isolo
General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.
Meanwhile, the suspect denied killing her,
adding that he did not know how her
corpse found its way behind his window.
“I did not kill her. Someone else did because,
I met her lifeless body outside my house.”
He admitted to have met her last Wednesday
at Cele Bus Stop, from where he brought her
home.
According to Vanguard investigation,
Happiness is said to be from Plateau State.
Umeh’s wife and five children travelled to his
village in Orumba South Local Government
Area of Anambra State. Immediately after the
incident, the suspect contacted his wife to
come to Lagos and move his property to the
village.
“Our gateman allowed her inside that night
because she was seen with Victor the
previous day. The gateman was first alerted
by the shout for help and by the time he got
close to the window, he saw somebody
running” said one of the neighbours, who
spoke with Vanguard.
“Her desperate shout for help was intensive,
but with time it became faint until it
stopped. He tried to escape and hide the
deceased phone on a fence so as to make it
difficult for the Police to trace her death to
him. If he had succeeded we would have
been in trouble.” he added.
