A 300-level student of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria, Bukola Odeyemi, has been arrested by men of the Ekiti state police command for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, John Iju, to death at Treasure Base Hostel, Iworoko-Ekiti on Monday September 16.
According to reports, the suspect who is in the Department of Biology Education, got into an argument with the deceased after he failed to give her N2,500 to make her hair. The argument degenerated into a fight and in the process, she stabbed him to death.
The deceased cry for help attracted residents who rushed to the scene and called the police.
“Odeyemi had demanded N2,500 from her lover, also a student of EKSU, to get her hair done at the salon, but an argument ensued after the deceased refused to give her the money. During the altercation, Odeyemi stabbed Iju in the chest and his cry for help attracted us but he did not survive the injury,” a resident said.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, said the suspect will be charged to court after investigation is concluded.