The Lagos State Police Command has released the report of preliminary investigation into the death of singer, Alizee, and her daughter on Thursday, April 5.
A statement signed the command’s spokesman, Chike Oti, on Sunday said the singer’s younger sister was the first to raise an alarm that she (Alizee) was being attacked by her Danish husband, Peter Nielsen.
The facility manager of Bellasta Tower, Banana Island, where the family lived then lodged a complaint with the police upon which detectives and medics were dispatched to the scene.
Oti’s statement added that the bodies of the singer and her daughter were discovered in the kitchen but the violence that consumed the deceased persons started in the couple’s bedroom.
The Lagos command, according to Oti, declares as follows:
“That on the 5th day of April, 2018, at about 11am, it received a complaint from the Facility Manager of Bellasta Tower, Banana Island, Mr. Kunle Kukoyi, that at about 7am of 5th April, 2018, he was informed by 13 year-old Miss Gift Madaki that she heard her elder sister, Late Mrs Zainab Nelson, 37 years old, crying in the early hours of the morning as she was being manhandled by her husband, one Mr. Peter Nelson, a 53-year old citizen of Denmark. The little girl estimated the time she heard her sister’s cry to be 0345hours.
“Based on the report, the Command mobilised its Crime Scene Detectives to the location pari passu the medics from Britannia hospital, Lekki Phase one Lagos. Together they went to Flat 17, Block 4 apartment of the Nelsons.
“Two bodies, identified as that of Zainab Nelson and her 3 years old baby, Petra Nelson were found in the kitchen. The doctor and his team inspected the bodies and confirmed them dead.
“Preliminary investigation conducted at the scene revealed that the violence that consumed the deceased persons started in the couple’s bedroom but the bodies were dragged to the kitchen.
“On closer examination, visible marks of violence were seen on the bodies.
“The corpses were photographed and evacuated to Lagos Island General Hospital for autopsy.
“Meanwhile, letters has been sent to the embassy of Denmark intimating it that Lagos State Police Command is investigating Mr Peter Nelson, a citizen of Denmark for an alleged case of murder.”
The statement concluded that further development will be duly communicated to the general public.
