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SHE WAS PEELING ORANGES! Man stabbed 18-year-old girlfriend to death for accusing him of infidelity

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The Police in Edo State have arrested a 19-year-old man for the alleged murder of his girlfriend.

According to reports, Junior Omo Shaba stabbed to death his 18-year-old girlfriend, one Matilda Odiri, and dumped her remains by the roadside in Benin City.

The incident was said to have occurred at the inside the suspect’s room at 2, Akugbe Street, Off Sikuko road, Ogida, Benin City, last Sunday.

Matilda was said to have gone to her boyfriend’s house where she was expected to pass the night when she was stabbed with a knife on her right upper breast allegedly by her boyfriend.

Shaba was said to have killed her at about 11 pm on Saturday, July 14, 2018, after she had accused him of having another girlfriend.

A senior Police officer told our correspondent that the suspect in his statement confessed and admitted that he murdered his lover and dumped her body on the street after an argument ensued between them at night.

The girl was alleged to have expressed resentment over her boyfriend’s returning home late as he was already keeping another girl outside.

Police also stated that the suspect admitted to having killed his girlfriend with a knife which she used to peel some oranges they took that night.

He was to have escaped to Aduwawa area of Benin in an attempt to flee when his father facilitated his arrest.

The Edo State Police Public Relations officer Mr. Chidi Nwabuzor who confirmed the incident said it is a case of murder and Shaba would be arraigned in court soon.

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