18-year-old boy stabs lover, 38, to death in hotel

From Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin

The Edo State Police Command, Friday, paraded one Kingsley Paul, 18, for stabbing his lover, 38 to death in a hotel in Benin.

The incident was said to have happened at the Ekehuan Barracks axis of the state.

Parading the suspect alongside other suspects, who were arrested for crimes ranging from murder, kidnapping and others, the Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Joel Yamu, said that the suspect took his woman friend to the hotel and stabbed her to death.

He said the suspect would be charged to court upon the completion of investigations.

Confessing his crime, Kingsley said he and his lover agreed on a fee of N2, 000, which he paid to her.

He said that the woman had already taken off her clothes when he stabbed her to death. Kingsley admitted that there was no quarrel between them but he just suddenly took out his knife and stabbed her to death.