Hairstylist stabs boyfriend to death over N3,000 gift from Yahoo boy

The Lagos State Police Command has paraded a 26-year old hairstylist, Oluwatoyin Joshua who stabbed her former boyfriend to death over a N3,000 gift from a Yahoo Yahoo boy.

CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu in his brief explained that detectives attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Lagos State Police Command had on the 26th February 2022 about 0630hrs arrested the suspect identified as Oluwatoyin Joshua for murder.

The suspect on the said day, stabbed the deceased, Olayinka Adebayo, aged 27 years, to death with a kitchen knife while fighting over the sharing of N3,000 given to them by a Good Samaritan.

The incident happened at Ogunnaike Street, Shangisha, Lagos. The suspect is in police custody while awaiting legal advice from the Department of Public Prosecution.

However, narrating what transpired that led to her stabbing the former boyfriend, Oluwatoyin, said that she hadn’t the intention to kill him but had to use the knife on self-defense as the boy beat her to stupor.

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According to her, “I just woke up from sleep when someone told me that my former boyfriend’s friend, Abraham, a Yahoo boy, was around. As he was about living, he gave me N3,000 for both of us to be share.

“He told me to give Olayinka N2,000 while I take N1,000 because Olayinka was not around when the money was given. I gave him the N2,000 while I took my N1,000.

“He later pounced on me demanding that the N3,000 was for him. I asked he called the boy on phone to confirm. He ignored me and rather descended on me; beat and hit me several times on the ground.

“As that was not enough, he went for a bamboo stick and attempted to hit me but because of the weight, he abandoned it and turned to me again beating me beyond recognition. I ran inside the house. Yet, he came after me and hit a broken tile on my head and I had a cut.

“In the process, I got hold of a kitchen knife to frighten him so that I could escape. In a bid to do that, I stabbed him. But when I saw blood gushing out from his shoulder, I rushed him to the hospital for treatment and I paid N15,000 out of the N15,500 I had in my account.

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About two hours later after treating the wound, the doctor said he had lost so much blood and needed a blood transfusion. In the process of getting the blood, he died due to the loss of much blood.

Oluwatoyin regretted her action as she hadn’t the intention to kill him. She added that even though they were no longer courting, she hadn’t any grudge against Olayinka as they remained friends, whom she referred to as a drug seller dealing on “Arizona” and “Loud”.