[p]Anita Ofili, a resident of Greenville Estate in Ajah, Lagos State, has confessed to the murder of her friend, Glory Okon. According to reports, Ofili claimed that she had been waiting for 10 years to get revenge on Okon after the latter snatched her boyfriend.
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[p]The incident occurred on Sunday, March 26, at 1:20 pm, when a cry for help was heard from Ofili’s one-room apartment. Other residents of the building intervened, and upon breaking the door down, they discovered Ofili stabbing Okon in the neck with a kitchen knife. Sadly, Okon was rushed to Lagos Island General Hospital but died from blood loss.
[/p]How Ofili Orchestrated the Murder of Her Friend
[p]According to one of the tenants of the building, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the landlord’s daughter was the first to hear the scream. She peeped through the window and saw a masked person stabbing a lady. She rushed and called her father, who alerted other tenants that forced the door open, only to discover that the masked person was Anita Ofili.
[/p][p]The room was filled with blood, and the victim was still breathing when discovered. Ofili did not show any sign of remorse before the police arrived. She claimed the lady in question was her friend and that her action was in revenge for what her friend did to her.
[/p][p]According to reports, the suspect and the deceased had been close friends for nearly 20 years and had studied at the same college or university. However, they had a disagreement over boyfriend snatching that caused them to drift apart for 10 years until they made amends two weeks ago.
[/p][p]“Glory and I had been good friends for years, but she betrayed that friendship by snatching my boyfriend,” Ofili stated.
[/p]Police Confirm the Murder
[p]Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said, “At 5.50p.m., on March 26, a resident of Greenville Estate came to the station to report that he heard someone screaming from the room of one Annie Ofili, that himself and other tenants quickly rushed to the room, forced the door opened only to meet Annie on top of Glory Okon, who came to visit her.
[/p][p]Upon the information, a team of detectives moved to the scene. The suspect was arrested, the knife recovered, while the corpse was deposited at the Mainland General Hospital mortuary, Yaba, for autopsy and preservation. The suspect has been transferred to the SCIID, Yaba, for discreet investigation.”
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