Police arrest 50-year-old over lover’s death

A 50 year old man Wahab Oyesina, has been arrested by the police over the death of one Bilikisu Muideen, At an undisclosed hotel in Ibadan.

The suspect was said to have checked into the hotel with the lady and had fled the hotel room, leaving the victim behind, when he noticed some complications in her condition. With nobody to assist her, the deceased was said to have struggled from the room to the reception while foaming in the mouth and died shortly after. The woman’s death made eye witnesses to run after the fleeing man and eventually arrest him.

The matter was immediately reported to the Yemetu Divisional Police office in Ibadan. The police quickly stormed the area and took the corpse to the Adeoyo State Hospital Mortuary.

Olatunji Ajimuda, state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), said the information available suggested that the suspect, who was still being kept at the Yemetu Police station yesterday, had not made love to the victim before she developed health complications.

He said the woman, according to the information from the IPO, slumped after leaving the room they had both booked “If it is malicious act, the man will be charged accordingly; but all will depend on the on-going police investigation,” he said, while explaining that the autopsy on the corpse will reveal the truth about the incident.