Woman stabs friend to death over argument in Lagos

Glory Okon was allegedly fatally stabbed by a woman named Annie Ofili at her home in the Ajah neighborhood of Lagos State’s Greenville Estate, Badore.

It was learned that Okon visited Ofili at her home on the day of the incident.

At the suspect’s house, the two of them got into a discussion that turned into an argument that turned into a fight.

During the altercation, Ofili allegedly went for a knife in the kitchen and stabbed her friend in the neck.

When describing the circumstances surrounding the events that resulted in Okon’s death, a source claimed that nobody knew what started the fight and that attempts to open the door to remove them from one other after hearing them shouting had failed.

However, according to the source, the landlord and other residents of the building forced the door to open, and when they entered Ofili’s apartment, they allegedly found that she had stabbed Okon in the neck and back.

The source stated, “We heard both of them shouting in the room of one of the tenants and quickly ran there. When we got there, we met the door locked, forced it open and rushed in.

“When we entered, we met Ofili on top of her friend with a knife, and her friend was in a pool of blood with knife stabs in her neck and at the back”

The source claimed that Okon was rushed to the general hospital at CMS, Lagos Island, in an effort to save her, but when she arrived there, a doctor on duty confirmed she had passed away.

Ofili’s landlord reportedly reported the incident to the Ajah Police Station for investigation.

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident.

He said, “Yes, I am aware of the incident. It happened around 5.50pm on Sunday. The Divisional Police Officer, Ajah Division, got a distress call from the landlord living at Greenville Estate, Badore, Ajah, Lagos State.

“The landlord said around 1.20pm, one of his tenants, Annie Ofili, murdered her girlfriend, Glory Okon, who came to visit her, with a kitchen knife.

“Upon receiving the information, a team of detectives was sent to the address and the lady was arrested and the kitchen knife was recovered as an exhibit.”

According to Hundeyin, the suspect would be sent to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, for a covert inquiry after the body was taken away and put at the Mainland General Hospital mortuary, Yaba, for autopsy and preservation.