One Samuel Adeniyi was sent to the Kirikiri Correctional Center on Monday for allegedly smashing his girlfriend’s head with a sledgehammer.
The incident occurred on August 10, 2023, at No. 33, Audu Ekpa Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State. According to the prosecutor, the man said his lover was cheating on him and was not sexually satisfied.
The Magistrate Patrick Nwaba of the Yaba Magistrate’s Court ordered that the 33-year old be remanded after he (Adeniyi Samuel) was brought to court on one count murder.
The story narrates that the deceased was a 25-year old who was a nanny. On the day of the incident she left the child she was tending to and went to meet with another man, claiming she went to buy recharge cards.
Further reports have it that Adeniyi was patiently impatient for her return but she took hours to return. Upon her return, he questioned her as to why she took so long. They got involved in a heated argument that led to a fight and he unintentionally hit her head with a sledgehammer.
Upon realization, he fled the scene while the lady was rushed to the Mainland General Hospital by her employees where she was confirmed dead by a doctor on duty.
The charge read, “That you, Samuel Adeniyi, on August 10, 2023, around 12 pm, at No. 33 Audu Ekpa Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully kill one Sarah Morolake, aged 25 years by hitting a sledgehammer on her head, and thereby committed an offense contrary to Section 222 and punishable under Section 233 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.”
