A 19-year-old boy, Junior Omo Shaba, has been arrested by the Edo state police command for killing his girlfriend and dumping her corpse by a roadside along Siluko road in the outskirts of Benin, Edo State.
According to reports, the deceased, Matilda Odiri, 18, was stabbed to death inside the room of her boyfriend at 2, Akugbe Street, Off Sikuko road, Ogida, last Saturday.
Matilda had gone to her boyfriend’s house to spend the night but the lovers had gotten into a row over infidelity allegations which led to Shaba stabbing her with a knife in her right breast.
The young man tried to escape, but his furious father gave him up. He was arrested that same day by policemen. Chidi Nwabuzor, the Edo state Police spokesman, said the suspect confessed that he murdered Matilda and dumped her body on the street to cover up the deed.