The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed how the death of two lovers whose decomposing bodies were found in a car in the Ibafo area of the state happened.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesman of the command, said instead of the two lovers having sex in the car as earlier speculated, an argument had ensured at the rented apartment of the man, whose name was given as Hakeem Oladimeji, said to be a building contractor and resident in Ogun State.
Residents had noticed that the car, a grey Toyota Sienna space bus, had been parked on the same spot for two days with no sign anyone was coming for it.
Curious residents had moved near the vehicle only to discover two persons were inside but dead.
The scene had attracted a huge crowd on Tuesday.
Many had alleged that the two were having sex in the car when they met their death.
However, Oyeyemi clarified that the man had driven the lifeless body of his girlfriend from the Bariga area of Lagos to the very spot where he parked before killing himself.
According to Oyeyemi, the two had had an argument at an apartment which the man rented for his secret lover in Lagos and in the course of the heated argument, hit her on the head which made her to loose consciousness.
The PPRO said, “The man’s name is Hakeem Oladimeji; he and his girlfriend were the ones found dead in a Sienna vehicle parked at the entrance of the NASFAT campground. Oladimeji lived in Ogun State, but rented an apartment for his girlfriend in Lagos State.
“A fight broke out between them without anyone knowing the cause of the fight and he hit her head with a stick and she slumped. Immediately, he deposited her corpse in his car, drove straight to his house, but those who saw him carrying the corpse into his car reported the case at the Ilaje Police Station at Bariga.
“When he got home, he dropped a suicide note for his wife, which stated that he had killed someone and he’s going to commit suicide and she shouldn’t bother looking for him.
“He drove his dead girlfriend straight to the Ibafo area of Ogun State, parked his car close to the entrance of the NASFAT Islamic Centre, brought out an insecticide, wound up the glasses, drank it and died.”