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 raped
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
have sex 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.”
“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 to our
correspondent on the telephone.
Braide added 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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