Court remands jealous lover for killing girlfriend

Samuel Adeniyi, a security guard, was remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Facility on Monday after he was accused of using a sledgehammer to reportedly smash Morolake Sunday’s head in the Lekki Phase 1 neighbourhood of Lagos State.

After Adeniyi, 33, was brought to court on one count of murder, Magistrate Patrick Nwaka of the Yaba Magistrate’s Court ordered that he be remanded.

According to Thomas Nurudeen, the police prosecutor, the event took place on August 10, 2023, at 33 Audu Ekpa Street in Lekki Phase 1 of Lagos State.

The defendant allegedly stated that his partner was cheating on him and that he was never sexually fulfilled.
The deceased, a nanny, left the child she was watching on the day of the incident and went to meet with another man, claiming she was going to buy recharge cards, it was revealed in court.

Adeniyi allegedly waited for hours before returning, it was further revealed.
They got into a heated argument that turned into a brawl as he attempted to grill her about why it took her so long to return home, and he accidently smacked her in the head with a sledgehammer.
Nurudeen said in court that the deceased was taken to the Mainland General Hospital by her employers, where a doctor on duty verified her death, while the defendant fled the scene.

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The charge stated: “That you, Samuel Adeniyi, did unlawfully kill one Sarah Morolake, aged 25 years, by hitting a sledgehammer on her head, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 222 and punishable under Section 233 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015, at No. 33 Audu Ekpa Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State, in the Lagos Magisterial District.”

No plea from the defendant was accepted.

As long as the Directorate of Public Prosecution’s office provides legal counsel, the Magistrate ruled that he be held in prison custody.

The case was postponed until October 10, 2023, by Nwaka.