Nigerian man arrested for killing his girlfriend and raping her corpse

Nigerian man, age 23 and identified as Adebayo Kingsley has been arrested for allegedly killing his 46-year-old lover, a widow and mother of four, Rosemary Ifeoma, popularly called Mama Samuel from Orogun in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.

He was said to have hit the deceased with a plank and had carnal knowledge of her thereafter at her residence in Ugbor, Edo State. More so, he was earlier accused of hitting the head of her 13 years old boy and then pounced on the woman, thinking the son was dead.

Confirming the incident on Tuesday, Police Public Relations Officer, Edo State Command, Kontongs Bello, said the suspect would be charged to court once investigations are concluded.

A resident in the area, who simply gave his name as Peter, said: “This woman we popularly called Mama Samuel was a widow with four children and the last one, who is 13 years, stays with her.

“She was having difficulties paying her rent and then approached a woman in the area whose brother was building a storey building that has been roofed, to allow her to stay there pending when she can raise money from her business to get a new accommodation.

“She had a lover, who is a bricklayer, that was coming to see her and people around here know them.

“It was early in the morning on July 16 that her 13 years old son, after regaining consciousness from his confrontation with the suspect in the night, ran to inform neighbours of what has happened.

“He was rushed to the hospital for treatment and later narrated the story of how the suspected attacked them.

“He led others to the place where the suspect was working and immediately he sighted the boy, he took to his heels until he was pursued and arrested by the police.”