The Ogun State Police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the incident on Wednesday.
According to Oyeyemi, the man and the woman did not die under the burning flame of romance inside the car,. He said, that, it was a case of murder first and suicide later.
The Police Spokesman added that the man had visited the deceased woman, who was believed to be his girlfriend, somewhere in Lagos before the two died one after the other.
Oyeyemi, deputy Superrintendent of Police (DSP), said the corpses had been evacuated from the car and deposited in a hospital morgue.
”The two die not die while having sex”. What happened was that the girl in question happened to be a girlfriend to that man”.
”He rented an apartment for her somewhere in Lagos. He went there to visit her.” We don’t know what happened between them, but we learnt that he hit the woman on the head and she slumped..
”He carried the lifeless body of the woman in his vehicle”. People in that neighbourhood ran to Ilaje Police Station in Bariga to report.
”But he drove off straight to his house at Orimerunmu. He dropped a suicide note, informing his wife that he ha killed somebody”.
”He told his wife in the suicide note not to bother looking for him, asking her to take care of the children. Then he left the house..”
”He drove and parked near NASFAT area and he committed suicide there.
We saw a container of Sniper in the vehicle , which suggested that he drank Sniper (an insecticide) . He wound up the glasses of his car and died in the vehicle,”
”So, it is a case of murder and suicide”. Oyeyemi explained.
(The Nation)