Reports say fumes from a generator on Saturday killed a man alleged by neighbours to be a policeman, and his lover, suspected to be a member of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Anambra State.
We could not ascertain the name of the policeman at press time, but his lover’s name was given only as Ifeoma.
Ifeoma said to be a mother of five and the policeman, a father of three, were found dead on Sunday, in an apartment at Ezinifite Okpuno, Awka-South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Sources say the policeman’s family live in Lagos, while his lover’s family stayed in Awka.
The source alleged that Ifeoma had told her husband that she was going to attend a church vigil, but ended up at her lover’s house, which was not far from her husband’s home.
“The woman spent the night with her police lover until a labourer, who was to work for the policeman, came in the morning and discovered their dead bodies.
“The labourer then rushed out and alerted neighbours.
“The neighbours followed him to confirm the incident, before a relative intervened and locked the gate, preventing people from further going inside the apartment,” a source said.
Some neighbours said the victims might have been killed by generator fumes.
“There was the sound of a small generator throughout the night in his apartment. But at about 4am, it went dead; maybe the fuel got finished.
“The policeman lived on the third floor of the house. As a policeman, he hardly stayed around, but each time he was around, everybody would know, because he would run his generator all through the night. Everybody called him ‘Officer’, but I think he was an inspector.”
The dead bodies were taken away by security men, comprising local vigilantes, the police and men of the NSCDC.
However, when contacted on the development, the state Police Public Relations Office, ASP Nkeiru Nwode, said, “With due respect, the man in question is not a member of the Nigeria Police Force and the woman’s identity is yet to be ascertained. “I have not yet been fully briefed on the incidence.”
