A married woman simply identified only as Josephine has died after sexual intercourse with her boyfriend in a guesthouse in the Isheri Olofin area of Lagos, according to The Punch.
The newspaper reported that the victim had gone to the guesthouse with her boyfriend named Augustine Dunkwu on Tuesday last week around 2.30pm.
They were said to have consumed different brands of beer after which they went into a room, with the woman fainting after about 45 minutes of sex.
When efforts to resuscitate her reportedly failed, the suspect allegedly dressed up and left the guesthouse.
The receptionist, who became suspicious that Dunkwu left without his partner, was said to have quickly dashed into the room and saw that the woman was unconscious.
Hotel workers then raised the alarm; the suspect was chased, apprehended and handed over to policemen from the Idimu division.
The woman’s corpse was subsequently deposited in a morgue.
“This is a public place and people come in and go out. We are not responsible for what happened,” a man believed to be the owner of the hotel told The Punch.
“They came in and had drinks. There were several others here that day. After they finished drinking, they went into a room.
“I don’t know what happened between them; but some minutes later, he stepped out of the room and left the guesthouse. The receptionist observed that he didn’t leave with his woman friend and when she went inside to check, she discovered that the lady was unconscious and quickly raised the alarm.
“People ran after him and saw that he had already boarded a vehicle. We had to drag him down from the bus.
“The incident really caused commotion in the guesthouse as some of our customers fled. We alerted policemen, who arrested him and removed the corpse.”
A source in the area said Josephine was the wife of a socialite, whom he refused to name.
He said, “They both had drinks in the guesthouse before going into the room where they had sex. It is possible that the man used drug or the woman was not strong enough to withstand the sex. She passed on during the romp.”
The source said the police from the Idimu division took the corpse to a mortuary.
Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos, said investigations were ongoing into the incident.
“We were told that on January 24, 2017, the suspect and the deceased lodged in a guesthouse,” she said.
“The suspect later attempted to check out without his guest, prompting the receptionist to run after him.
“He was taken back to his room where the lifeless body of his girlfriend was discovered without any sign of violence.
“The corpse was removed and deposited in the Mainland General Hospital Mortuary, Yaba. Investigations are ongoing.”
