Lady who killed ex-lover, friends with a plate of pepper-soup, arrested after escaping Jungle Justice

The Edo state police command has arrested a 16-year-old girl who killed her ex lover and his four friends with a plate of pepper soup laced with poisonous substance.

NaijaOnPoint.com.ng (NOP) had reported how the lady, identified as Aisha Suleiman, who was trying to get back at her now deceased lover for ending their relationship, allegedly gave him a plate of poison-laced fish pepper soup, which he shared with his friends.

Their lifeless bodies were found in a room in Afashio Community, Uzairue, Etsako West LGA.

Confirming the incident, the Edo state police spokesperson, Moses Joel Yamu, in a statement said they received a distress call on October 29, indicating that the accused lady was about to be lynched by some young men from the community.

Yamu said the police arrived and rescued the suspect. He added that the case was transferred to the state criminal investigation department for “discrete investigation”.

The statement reads in part, “The command received a report on 26/10/2024 at about 0730hrs, from one Mr Elogie Ezekiel of Afashio community, that at about 0630hrs of same date, he went to check his son named Emmanuel Elogie 19yrs at his apartment.

“That upon gaining entrance into the apartment, he met the lifeless body of his son’s friend named Nurudeen surname not known ‘m’ at the corridor, he went further and met the lifeless bodies of his son with his girlfriend Ada Samuel ‘f’ 16yrs on the bed in the bedroom, while another two (2) of the son’s friends named Samuel Ayegwalo and Jeffrey Ayegwalo who turned out to be siblings found in the sitting room. They were evacuated to the hospital where the Doctor confirmed them dead.

“On 29/10/2024 at about 1710hrs, operatives of Jattu Division received information that a girl later identified as Aisha Suleiman ‘f’ 16yrs alleged to have caused the death of Emmanuel Elogie and four (4) others with food poison was about to be lynched by some young men from the community.

“They mobilised to the scene, rescued the suspect to the Station and the case was transferred next day to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discrete investigation.”