Man Stabs Homosexual Boss To Death -

A 22-year-old man, Eji

Emmanuel, has been

arrested by the Lagos State

Police Command for the

alleged murder of a 39-

year-old trader, Sylvanus

Okoye.

According to the police, the

suspect stabbed the

deceased to death at his

home on Ezemegbu Drive,

Okota in August.

The suspect, however,

explained that he killed the

deceased in self-defence.

He alleged that on the day

of the incident, Okoye had

attempted To Molest him.

Explaining the events that

culminated in Okoye’s

death, the suspect said he

was a dancer and was lured

to Lagos by a friend,

Chukwudi, under the guise

of doing music business

only for the friend to

introduce him to

homosexuality.

He said he had gone to

report the matter to his

friend’s boss but his

friend’s boss Molested him

twice and he reported the

matter at the FESTAC Police

Division.

He said the matter was

transferred to the Zone 2

Police Command and the

case was turned against

him after which he spent

two weeks in detention.

He said he had approached

Okoye, who he considered

an Igbo leader in the state,

to help him with money to

return to Anambra State

when Okoye also attempted

To Molest him.

He said, “I went along with

a relative to report the

matter to Okoye and he

gave my friend and I

N5,000 and shirts. He told

us not to worry, so we slept

over at his house. At

midnight, however, Okoye

came to my room and

attempted to have sex with

me but I refused him.

“My relative later told me

that Okoye had sex with

him in the parlour that

same night. We left in the

morning and returned to

Anambra State. From there,

I went to Abuja where I

remained for four months.

However, one day, Okoye

called me that he had a

business deal and invited

me to come to Lagos.

“I told Okoye that I would

not engage in any act of

homosexuality and he

agreed.”

The suspect said when he

returned to Lagos, the

deceased said he wanted to

open a bar in the area and

wanted him to manage the

business.

He said he passed the night

at the deceased’s home,

but at midnight, the

deceased crept into his

room and attempted to

make love to him.

He said, “In the evening,

Okoye served me with

bread, butter and tea in my

room. Around 3.30am, he

crept into my room and

wanted to sleep with me,

but I refused him.

“Okoye was a big man so

he attempted to overpower

me, but I picked up the

bread knife that was still left

in the room and stabbed

him in the neck, but he did

not die.

“I picked up a flexible iron

and bound it round his neck

and locked him inside the

room.

“When it was 6am, I

stepped out of the house

and gave the key to one

woman beside the gate and

fled.”

PUNCH Metro had reported

on August 16, 2013, that

Okoye was found murdered

in his home two weeks after

he was last seen by

neighbours.

It was learnt that following

the discovery, the security

guard and the woman

whom the suspect handed

the key to were arrested by

detectives at the State

Criminal Investigation

Department, Yaba.

PUNCH Metro learnt that

after three months,

detectives were able to

locate the suspect in

Anambra State.

A police detective said,

“The security guard told us

that he could identify the

suspect if he saw him.

“In the course of

investigation, we obtained

call logs from Okoye’s

phone and we learnt that

the suspect had used

Okoye’s phone to call his

girlfriend in Anambra State

shortly after killing Okoye.

“We travelled to Anambra

State and we were able to

locate the suspect who was

even wearing the

deceased’s clothes.”

The suspect, however,

insisted that he was not a

killer but a victim of

circumstance.

He said, “My father and my

brother are dead. I am the

only child of my mother.

Who will take care of her if I

am sent to prison?

“I am not a homosexual but

I was used. I tried for

several months to

impregnate my girlfriend but

was not successful. I feel

they have stolen my

virtues.”

Police Public Relations

Officer, Ngozi Braide,

confirmed Emmanuel’s

arrest to our correspondent

on the telephone.

Braide added that the police

were still working to

establish it the the victim

was a homosexual or not

as alleged by the suspect.