A Nigerian filmmaker, identified as Adebayo Adeseko, has reportedly committed suicide after killing his girlfriend, Sarah Adesanya, in the Ojodu area of Lagos State.
According to reports, the duo had a misunderstanding on Saturday and were seen by neighbours arguing profusely till Sunday morning when Bayo allegedly beat Sarah to death before ending his life.
In a video making rounds online, the couple could be seen lying dead in a pool of their blood.
According to Sarah’s sister, Layor, in a post via X, a neighbour had in June 2023 hinted to her about the travails that Sarah was going through at the hands of her boyfriend, noting that she was constantly being subjected to assault.
Layor said she confronted her sister about the issue, but she denied the claim, adding she also reported the matter to the Nigerian police, but they told her that nothing could be done until Sarah reported the incident.
The Lagos State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident on Monday.
Hundeyin said that the sudden and unnatural death was reported to the Ojodu Police Division on Sunday at about 9.10 a.m.
He said that the lifeless bodies of the lovers—one, Adebayo Adeseko, 30, and his partner, Sarah Adesanya, 36—were found at their apartment at No. 8B, Gbete Street, off Shoyemi Bamaco Estate, Ojodu Berger, Lagos.
The spokesperson said that, on the strength of the information, a team of operatives from the station immediately went to the scene.
Hundeyin said that the operatives photographed the scene and evacuated the corpses to the mortuary for autopsy while the investigation into their deaths continued.
