Also confirmed was the retrieval of a suspected confessional note allegedly left behind by the 26-year-old popular punter and lover boy, Benjamin alias Killaboi, currently on the run.
The murder of Augusta Osedion
Onuwabuagbe, a 21-year-old undergraduate, and the removal of her genitals
inside her lover’s Ajah apartment, have been confirmed by the Lagos Police
Command.
Also confirmed was the
retrieval of a suspected confessional note allegedly left behind by the
26-year-old lover boy, Benjamin alias Killaboi, currently on the run.
It was gathered that detectives
from Ajah Police Station had forced open the door to the apartment located at
Oral Estate, Ikota, Ajah, after Augusta’s mother reported her inability to
reach her daughter.
It was learnt that the woman
had received a call from her daughter, a student at Lead University, Ibadan,
Oyo State, on July 11, that she had a quarrel with her lover and would be going
to his place for them to resolve the issue.
The woman, sources said,
reported that she made efforts to reconcile them but was not able to reach
either of them on their phones and had to locate Augusta’s roommate, who took
her to Benjamin’s residence in Ajah on Saturday, July 15.
On arrival at the residence, it
was learnt that the women saw her daughter’s Mercedes Benz C30 outside of
Benjamin’s house and they knocked several times on the door but got no
response.
They were said to have gone to
the estate’s security post to complain but were asked to go to the Police
Station so that the police would come and open the door.
Augusta’s mother, it was
gathered, went to the police station and filed a complaint which prompted the
Divisional Police Officer, DPO, to lead detectives to the apartment and forced
open the door.
“As soon as the door was opened
by the police, the body of the girl was discovered in a pool of her blood with
her private part chopped off. The body was fast decomposing and was quickly
recovered,” said a police source.
Confirming the incident,
spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said marks of violence and signs of struggle
were obvious on the body, adding that the place was cordoned for forensic
experts to carry out their investigations.
He confirmed that a note was
recovered from the scene, adding that efforts were on to apprehend the suspect.
Meanwhile, Benjamin, it was
gathered, took to his Instagram page to confess to have stabbed Augusta by
mistake during an argument, adding that he fled the scene out of fear.
In series of incoherent posts
shared on his Instastory, the suspect denied allegations he used his lover for
ritual, insisting she was the love of his life and they had been together for
two years.
He said those painting the
ritual narrative were manipulating the situation, urging those abusing his late
lover to stop because she did nothing wrong. According to him, the problem in
their relationship was toxicity, adding that they had an issue on July 11 and
had agreed to meet the next day to talk it over but things got worse.
He claimed he had been having
suicidal thoughts since then and was ready to die, turn himself in to give her
family closure.
He wrote: “I got into an
argument with my girlfriend which (led to a) fight and I mistakenly stabbed her
and ran away out of fear and been suicidal since then. I want to end my life now because I have lost
the one I cherished so much. I want to do the right thing and turn myself in. I
will gladly end it by paying with my life now.
“I have failed myself, I have
failed my mom, I have failed my family. Oh Lord I can’t believe this. I can’t
leave with this guilt, I’m going crazy… I will say nothing but the truth all
from the beginning to what brought us here.
“Woman has ended me. I will
turn myself in shortly. Woman! Woman! Woman1
“Bye for now till I do so. I
deserve death, no running away. I accept whatever fate has for me. I will give
this to her family.
“Woman was finally the end of
you Benjamin Best. I got the love I think I deserved. I blame myself. I will
give in. I surrender. I will pay for this. I will pay for this…”
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