A woman named Esther Peter (pictured above)
on Tuesday April 16th allegedly killed her
husband, Kenneth Peter Anayo, then set his
body on fire at their home at NEPA Phase I Road,
Ijagemo, around the Ikotun area of Lagos.
Neighbours said the couple was always fighting
in public and in fact there was a serious fight
between them a few days before the Tuesday
incident, where Esther stabbed her husband
with a broken bottle and he had to be treated at
the hospital. Neighbours said they noticed that
Esther and Peter's room was on fire around 2am
that Tuesday morning and when they went there
to help, they noticed that the room was locked
from the outside. They managed to break down
the door, and that was when they saw the burnt
remains of Kenneth. Esther and her son were
nowhere to be found.
Esther was later found around the area with her
belongings in a bag trying to escape. Neighbours
handed her over to the police from the Isheri-
Oshun division, who later came to remove
Kenneth's remains. (A LIB reader was there live
and took some photos). Esther, who is from Cross
River told police that the fire was caused by the
candle lit in their room while she went to fetch
water but couldn't explain why the door was
locked from the outside and why she had all
belongings in a bag. Police say they have every
reason to believe Kenneth was killed being burnt.
The case is being handled by the State Criminal
Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba,
Lagos. See the photo after the cut...but viewer
discretion advised!