A man simply identified as Toba has been accused of killing his girlfriend at Kara-community, Ogunrun, Mowe, Obafemi Owode local government.

According to Punch, the accused(Toba), who is a hemp seller, and his girlfriend Tunrayo Odubanjo were at his residence when he told her to help him get an alcoholic drink on May 18, 2022.

The victim was said to have worn his slippers to get the drink after which he allegedly slit her throat for wearing it.

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“He told her to pack out of his house, but she kept on begging him and when she decided to leave, she could not see her slippers .she asked him for the slippers and Toba said he threw them in the bush. the girl later asked for slippers from me, but I told her I had none. suddenly he pursued the girl again, dragged her into the bush, and started beating her.

“I heard the girl screaming and begging but I thought it was just beating alone. after a few minutes, I suddenly saw him sitting on the girl. I quickly called people at the site and the son of a chief in our community and they rushed to apprehend him as he abandoned her corpse in the bush and wanted to run. Toba used broken tiles to slit his girlfriend’s throat,” an eyewitness said.

The victim’s corpse was carried out of the bush by the residents with a cloth covering her neck.