Lagos lawyer bought new knives to kill husband – Police

A Lagos - based lawyer , Ud eme Odibi , who reportedly stabbed her husband , Otike Odibi , to death , has allegedly confessed to the murder .

The police said the 47 - year- old called her mother on the telephone immediately after committing the alleged crime to tell her .

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi , who gave the update on Monday during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Ikeja , said the suspect also sent a message to her sister on

WhatsApp shortly before the incident .

The CP added that the suspect had procured a set of new knives from which she allegedly picked to kill her 50 - year - old spouse .

It was reported that Udeme last Thursday allegedly stabbed her husband with a knife at their residence on Diamond Estate , Sangotedo, Ajah.

She was also said to have cut off his private parts and placed them on his hand before she stabbed herself in the stomach.

Udeme , however, survived the attack and was admitted to a hospital.

Otike was reported to have called a neighbour, his younger sister and his mother on the telephone on Wednesday , informing them that Udeme threatened to kill him .

It was also reported that the duo’ s three - year - old marriage did not produce a child and was fraught with domestic violence .

Imohimi said investigations into the case revealed that the couple had marital issues bordering on extramarital affairs .

He said , “ On the day of the incident , the suspect sent a

WhatsApp message to her sister- in - law complaining about her husband and asking her to pray for them . She equally asked God to forgive her .

“The suspect, Udeme Odibi , in her statement , confessed to the commission of the alleged crime and called her mother on the telephone that she had killed her husband . The suspect had hit her husband with a frying pan on his head before stabbing him with a knife . ”

Imohimi explained that Udeme , after ripping out her husband ’ s intestines, did not seek assistance from their neighbours, adding that the killing was suspected to be premeditated .

The CP said , “The suspect had procured a set of knives which she used to execute her plan . She had packed all her certificates and made arrangements to travel to the United Kingdom that Thursday through Virgin Atlantic .

“The autopsy on the deceased is currently being carried out at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital , Ikeja , by a team of pathologists , while the forensic analysis result is being compiled and will be made public later . ”

Meanwhile, the command said it had arrested one Gift Mike in connection with the death of her lover , Daniel Grant , a South African national .

Grant , 50 , was reportedly found dead in the early hours of Sunday at the Emerald Cove Hotel on Sinari Daranijo Street , Victoria Island .

Our correspondent gathered that the deceased was found hanged in the toilet of the facility with his legs on the floor.

Commenting on the incident , the police commissioner said the posture of the deceased and other evidence clues at the scene suggested that he was murdered .

He said the case had been transferred from the Maroko Police Division , where it was initially reported , to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department , Yaba , for further investigations .

The CP said , “The complainant, one Abu Ismail, the manager of the Emerald Cove Hotel, reported that one of their guests was found hanged in his room.

“He stated that on Saturday , May 5 , the deceased, a South African national , and his girlfriend, Gift Mike , checked into the hotel . On the same day , the two lovebirds left the hotel to Pat Bar , Victoria Island , on a drinking spree and returned to the hotel around 1 . 30pm before they retired to bed.

“Around 1 . 30am, the girlfriend, Gift Mike , woke up and found the deceased missing on the bed . She later found him in the toilet hanged in a vertical position and raised the alarm , which attracted the attention of the deceased ’ s friend , Piyush Srivatsatav , an Indian national , and some staff members of the hotel .

“The investigation team, led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, SCIID, Yaba , and forensic experts from the Lagos State Ministry of Justice , visited the scene of crime and took samples for scientific analysis . The girlfriend has been arrested . ”

The corpse was said to have been deposited in the Lagos Island General Hospital ’ s morgue for autopsy.