30-year old Cynthia Olukiokwu has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for stabbing an 18-year old boy to death.
Cynthia, a housewife based in Jafa Agbado had reportedly stabbed Habeeb Aremu, the 18-year- old nephew of her husband to death over argument relating from a broken mirror.
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According to reports, the fracas began when Cynthia noticed that a mirror being used in the house was broken by Habeeb and this led to an altercation between Cynthia and Habeeb, with the heated argument forcing the former to pull a kitchen knife on the latter, thereby stabbing him on the neck.
Habeeb slumped after the knife attack and died afterwards.
The neighbors hearing the cry of the teenager and after seeing his lifeless body placed a call to the Agbado Divisional Headquarters who swopped in and arrested Cynthia on Saturday.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, the spokesman for the Ogun State Police while confirming the incident told newsmen on Sunday that the Divisional Police Officer for Agbado division, Kehinde Kuranga, had led detectives to the scene and arrested the woman.
According to Oyeyemi, the victim was found in a pool of his blood and rushed to a hospital but confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.
He later added that his corpse was deposited at Ifo general hospital mortuary for autopsy.
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of Cynthia to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
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