A 22-year-old man, Eji Emmanuel, has been
arrested by the Lagos State Police Command
for the alleged murder of a 39-year-old
trader, Sylvanus Okoye.
According to the police, the suspect stabbed
the deceased to death at his home on
Ezemegbu Drive, Okota in August.
The suspect, however, explained that he
killed the deceased in self-defence. He
alleged that on the day of the incident,
Okoye had attempted to rape him.
Explaining the events that culminated in
Okoye's death, the suspect said he was a
dancer and was lured to Lagos by a friend,
Chukwudi, under the guise of doing music
business only for the friend to introduce
him to homosexuality.
He said he had gone to report the matter to
his friend's boss but his friend's boss
molested him twice and he reported the
matter at the FESTAC Police Division. He said
the matter was transferred to the Zone 2
Police Command and the case was turned
against him after which he spent two weeks
in detention.
He said he had approached Okoye, who he
considered an Igbo leader in the state, to
help him with money to return to Anambra
State when Okoye also attempted to rape
him.
He said, "I went along with a relative to
report the matter to Okoye and he gave my
friend and I N5,000 and shirts. He told us not
to worry, so we slept over at his house. At
midnight, however, Okoye came to my room
and attempted to made love with me but I
refused him.
"My relative later told me that Okoye had sex
with him in the parlour that same night. We
left in the morning and returned to Anambra
State. From there, I went to Abuja where I
remained for four months. However, one
day, Okoye called me that he had a business
deal and invited me to come to Lagos.
"I told Okoye that I would not engage in any
act of homosexuality and he agreed."
The suspect said when he returned to Lagos,
the deceased said he wanted to open a bar
in the area and wanted him to manage the
business. He said he passed the night at the
deceased's home, but at midnight, the
deceased crept into his room and attempted
to make love to him.
He said, "In the evening, Okoye served me
with bread, butter and tea in my room.
Around 3.30am, he crept into my room and
wanted to sleep with me, but I refused him.
"Okoye was a big man so he attempted to
overpower me, but I picked up the bread
knife that was still left in the room and
stabbed him in the neck, but he did not die.
"I picked up a flexible iron and bound it
round his neck and locked him inside the
room.
"When it was 6am, I stepped out of the
house and gave the key to one woman
beside the gate and fled."
The security guard and the woman whom
the suspect handed the key to were arrested
by detectives at the State Criminal
Investigation Department, Yaba and after
three months, detectives were able to locate
the suspect in Anambra State.
A police detective said, "The security guard
told us that
he could identify the suspect if he saw him.
"In the course of investigation, we obtained
call logs from Okoye's phone and we learnt
that the suspect had used Okoye's phone to
call his girlfriend in Anambra State shortly
after killing Okoye. We travelled to Anambra
State and we were able to locate the suspect
who was even wearing the deceased's
clothes."
The suspect, however, insisted that he was
not a killer but a victim of circumstance.
He said, "My father and my brother are dead.
I am the only child of my mother. Who will
take care of her if I am sent to prison? I am
not a homosexual but I was used. I tried for
several months to impregnate my girlfriend
but was not successful. I feel they have
stolen my virtues."
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide,
confirmed Emmanuel's arrest, adding that
the police were still working to establish it
the the victim was a homosexual or not as
alleged by the suspect.


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