Jealous teenager stabs lover to death, dumps her body by roadside in Benin

A 19-year-old jealous lover, Junior Omo Shaba, has allegedly stabbed his 18-year-old girlfriend, Matilda Odiri to death and dumped her corpse by a roadside in Benin City, Edo State.

The deceased was said to have met her death last Saturday, in the room of the suspect, at House 2, Akugbe Street, Off Sikuko Road, Ogida Quarters, Benin City.

She was said to have gone to her boyfriend’s house with the intention of passing the night with him when he accused her of having an affair with another man.

In the heat of the argument that ensued, Junior who was apparently not satisfied with Matilda’s explanation stabbed her with a knife on the upper side of her right breast and later dumped her lifeless body on the roadside at about 11 pm on the fateful day.

According to a police source, in his confessional statement, the jealous lover-boy admitted that he murdered his lover with the same knife she used to peel some oranges they both took that night and dumped her body on the street to cover his evil deed.

Junior, who is now cooling his feet in police custody at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Benin, was said to have attempted an escape to Aduwawa area of Benin when his father facilitated his arrest.