'He Deserved To Die',says Housemaid Who Stabbed Boyfriend

A 24-year old housemaid Blessing Edeh,is currently cooling off in Police custody for stabbing her boyfriend, Edet Ebong,33 to death in the Lekki area of Lagos State.

The suspect who showed no sign of remorse insists that Ebong's death, although it was an accident was well-deserved.

The couple had been dating for one year and six months. After they agreed to get married, the deceased moved into Blessing's home where they cohabited until he met his untimely death in the hands of his lover.

Blessing told PUNCH;

  “On the fateful day, August 18, he came back from work and was drunk. He said I was messing around and sleeping with other men. He demanded the ring that he gave me, and I told him I could not find it. I later told him it was on the table and he should go and pick it. He became angry and broke the mirror on the wall and we started fighting. He used part of it to cut me in the eye, and I stabbed him in the stomach with one of the splinters.”
 

The victim was said to have been rushed to a private hospital in the area, where he died.

Edeh said she was arrested by policemen from the Ogombo division, adding that she learnt about Ebong’s death while in detention.She said,

“It was not my intention to kill him. But it was a case of two fighting; he was drunk that night and was misbehaving. He was also the first person to cut me in the eyebrow with glass before I retaliated.”