A 60-year-old man, Stephen Uwa, has been arrested by the Lago
s State Police Command after his 45-year-old lover, Joy Vincent died in his house.
Uwa is a resident of Adeniji Street, Iyana Ishashi area of the state
According to Punch, Vincent had visited the suspect in his house last Sunday.
Uwa was alleged to have returned her dead to her house on Osha Arigba Street, Imude, and fled.
However, the suspect, who was arrested the following day, claimed that Joy was unconscious when he took her home.
The family was said to have met her dead body in the house.
Uwa told the police that Joy, a mother of four, arrived in his house on Sunday and they stayed until Thursday.
He said when they woke up together on Thursday, she complained of stomach pain and asked that she be taken to her house.
He added that as of the time he took her home, she was alive, but unconscious.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti, confirmed the incident.
