A woman identified as Annie Ofili has been accused of stabbing her friend, Glory Okon, to death at her home in Greenville Estate, Badore in the Ajah area of Lagos State.
According to a witness, the duo had an argument during Okon’s visit to Ofili’s residence which led to a scuffle, The PUNCH reported.
During the scuffle, Ofili reportedly reached for a knife and used it to stab her friend in the neck.
The commotion alerted neighbours who tried to separate the women, but their efforts proved abortive.
When the door was forced open, they found Ofili on top of Okon with a knife, and the victim lying in a pool of blood with stab wounds to the neck and back.
The source said, “We heard both of them shouting in the room of one of the tenants and quickly ran there. When we got there, we met the door locked, forced it open and rushed in.
“When we entered, we met Ofili on top of her friend with a knife, and her friend was in a pool of blood with knife stabs in her neck and at the back”
Okon was rushed to CMS General Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The incident was reported by Ofili’s landlord to the Ajah Police Station for investigation.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspect was arrested and the knife recovered.
Hundeyin added that the body of the victim had been deposited at the Mainland General Hospital mortuary for autopsy and preservation. Ofili will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti for an investigation.
He said, “Yes, I am aware of the incident. It happened around 5.50pm on Sunday. The Divisional Police Officer, Ajah Division, got a distress call from the landlord living at Greenville Estate, Badore, Ajah, Lagos State.
“The landlord said around 1.20pm, one of his tenants, Annie Ofili, murdered her girlfriend, Glory Okon, who came to visit her, with a kitchen knife.
“Upon receiving the information, a team of detectives was sent to the address and the lady was arrested and the kitchen knife was recovered as an exhibit.”
