A young woman identified as Esther Paulas has been arrested by Lagos State police after she reportedly stabbed her boyfriend, Sadiq Owolabi Dahiru in the early hours of today,  November 20, at Oba Amusa Street Agungi, Lekki.

According to police sources, Kazeem Obafunso, the deceased’s stepfather, reported Esther stabbed his stepson, age 21, at the Ilasan police station. Police were called to the scene, and they took the victim to the Evercare hospital in Lekki Phase 1, where the doctors confirmed his death.

The moment the knife that Esther is charged with using to commit the crime was discovered, she was arrested. The cadaver’s remains have been stored at the IDH Mortuary in Yaba awaiting preservation and an autopsy.