by Rachel Ogbu

A 25-year-old man in Ogun state has been accused of  slaughtering his 21-year-old girlfriend because she broke up with him.

Rafiyat Akinyemi, a Lagos State Polythenic graduate was at home last week Wednesday, when her bricklayer ex-boyfriend Akinloye Anuoluwapo came around at about 8.30am.

He was said to have tried to have sex with Akinyemi and it was during the struggle that slit her throat with a knife.

Anuoluwapo, who has been arrested by the police, cofessed to the crime; “I don’t know what came over me, I just wanted us to reconcile and continue our relationship,” he said.

“Each time we break up, I am always severely affected; I converted from Christianity to Islam because I wanted to marry her.”

“I even moved from my one-room apartment to self-contained accommodation so that she would be more comfortable. My visit was meant to be for a discussion but it degenerated into a quarrel.

“Akinyemi was not even aware that I had a knife on me when I forcefully had sex with her.”

Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi said, Anuoluwapo had gone ahead and had sex with the corpse.

A police source told reporters that;

“It was later, someone gave an anonymous tip to the police that Akinyemi had broken up several times with Anuoluwapo.

“He said each time; Anuoluwapo would get people from her community or the mosque where she worshipped to plead with her.”

“A team of police detectives went to the company to arrest Anuoluwapo, but were initially refused entry. Eventually the Divisional Police Officer, SP. Toyin Afolaogun, had to come with the Divisional Crime Officer before Anuoluwapo could be arrested,” the source said.

The Punch reports;

PUNCH Metro gathered that Anuoluwapo allegedly murdered Akinyemi for her refusal to continue dating him.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the embattled lovers, who had dated for over a year, split up late 2012 despite attempts by Anuoluwapo to prevent it.

But the estranged lover claimed that she was still alive when he had sex with her on the couch in the sitting room.

Unknown to Anuoluwapo, some neighbours had seen him while he was sneaking into the house.

It was gathered that Akinyemi’s corpse was discovered at about 4pm by her mother and siblings when they returned home.

Although neighbours suspected Anuoluwapo, none of them initially came forward with information.

A frightened Anuoluwapo was said to have immediately confessed his guilt upon questioning and led police detectives to his house where he had hidden the murder weapon.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident.

He said, “The shirt which Anuoluwapo had worn to Akinyemi’s house on the day of the murder was found hidden in a corner with blood stains on it. The knife was found in his home.

“From our investigations, Akinyemi was already dead when Anuoluwapo had sex with her. When her corpse was discovered, her legs were still spread apart and they had become stiff. Semen too was found on her private part. Akinyemi’s body was discovered exactly the way Anuoluwapo had left it when he was through.”