This is certainly not the
best of times
for the Bournes’ family which is currently mourning following the
alleged killing of Olayinde Bournes’, by her boyfriend,last Thursday, in
Aguda Ogba area of Lagos.
The deceased, a 22-year-old part time student of the Lagos State
Polytechnic, was allegedly beaten to death by her boyfriend over an
unknown reason.
Crime Guard gathered that the 200 level Business
Administration
student had gone to bid her boyfriend, Abuchi Cyril, 24, goodbye , as
the latter was reportedly planning to travel to Malaysia next day
(Friday), unknown to her that would be her final sojourn on earth.
Although it could not be ascertained what transpired between the
love birds
behind closed doors but it was gathered that rather than being
entertained in his parents’ apartment located on number 25 Shorimade
Street, Aguda Ogba, Abuchi took Olayinde to a neighbour's apartment, who
at that time was away.
But apprehension, set in, after several calls on Olayinde’s phone by her father, met
dead silence.
Just as he reportedly stepped outside to see if his daughter was
anywhere around, he met some persons in group discussing what was later
discovered to be his daughter’s demise.
During a visit to the late Olayinde’s family’s house, her devastated
father who offered to speak with Crime Guard said, “ I was at
home around 11am that fateful day while my late daughter was outside the
house with
her mother, all dressed up. I later walked up to them and asked when
she would be going to work. And she said she would first go to the bank
to submit her account opening form which would enable her receive her
monthly salary because she was just employed by
Cadbury Plc. Satisfied with the answer, I went back inside to rest because I haven’t been feeling very well for some time.
“ I later learnt that she told her mother she would first go and see her
boyfriend Abuchi, who called her earlier to come and see his travelling
documents, as he was supposed to travel next day to Malaysia. That was
the last we saw of her.
“At about 12:25pm, I dialled her number. It rang but there was no
response. I called again around 12:30pm, it rang and still no response.
Later, the phone was switched off. I and my wife became worried at that
point because we could not say what was wrong with her.
At about 4pm, I decided to stroll round. But when I got outside, I
noticed a crowd which turned towards my direction but no one spoke to me.
Confused, I went inside and told my wife about what I observed.
Later I sent her to go and purchase some ingredients to prepare soup.
When she came back, she also told me the crowd stared at her also. Just
as we were contemplating on what to do, our fears was confirmed as a
young man among the crowd rushed inside and yelled ‘ it has happened o!'
When we demanded what the matter was, he broke the news of my daughter’s
demise. At that instant, my world was shattered. He also told us the
corpse was just brought to a nearby hospital. I rushed to the hospital
with the hope that I would see her alive. But no, I only saw her
remains.
Tell me, should I start preparing towards having another child at this age?”, he asked , trying hard not to betray his emotion.
What went wrong?
Abuchi as gathered, was arrested by policemen attached to Area ‘G’ Ogba,
command,
from where he was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation
Department SCID, Yaba. In his statement to the Police, he reportedly
said while he was with Olayinde, she suddenly screamed ‘my head’, before
she slumped.
But findings by the police as gathered, revealed that the mattress in
the room where Olayinde’s dead body was found was socked with blood. The
mattress was reportedly turned upside down before the arrival of
policemen. But during a search of the apartment ,blood , suspected to be
from Olayinde, was discovered under the bed and later traced to the
mattress turned upside down.
Another puzzle that needs to be unravelled was the report that a nurse
was reportedly invited by Abuchi while he was with Olayinde. A resident
who pleaded anonymity told Crime Guard that :“ We suspect there could be
more to all this than meet the eyes. First, the corpse was inside the
room three hours before it was taken to the hospital. Why did
it take
him that long to rush her to the hospital? Abuchi even called in a
nurse while he was inside with Olayinde. The nurse we learnt, carried
out some treatment on Olayinde. What went wrong that made him invite the
nurse? She was even the one that accompanied Abuchi to the hospital
where she works, with Olayinde’s body. It was when Olayinde was
pronounced dead that she bolted, pretending she was going to get a
taxi”, the resident said.
The nurse with an undisclosed identity was reportedly arrested by the
Police and later released, an action the bereaved family queried. The
deceased’s phone as gathered, was also discovered to be missing.
Police sources hinted that some finger marks were discovered on the deceased neck and her
camisole
stained with blood. But sources could however not state exactly what
led to the death of Olayinde, until the autopsy result will be out.
A Christian wake was held at the deceased apartment, located on 17,
Muibi street Aguda Ogba, Thursday, while her remains was interred Friday
at Atan cemetery, Yaba.
Source: Crime Guard 
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