Update on Purported Married Lovers Found Dead in Car: Family Suspect Foul Play
Few days ago, we brought you reports about the suspected lovers who were found dead inside a vehicle in the Ogba area of Lagos state on Sunday, October 29, 2017 (read here).
Here’s an update, alongside photos of the lovers, who have since been identified as Olowo Lukman Olayinka and Nse Promise Nnena.
The family of the man who was found dead inside his Toyota Corolla car with the alleged lover has opened up on what really happened.
Promise was said to be from Cross River State, while her husband, Clement, a commercial bus driver, is from Edo State. She had a child for Clement.
Lukmon’s family members, who gathered on Monday at their family house at 56, Shonola Street, Ogba, Lagos, said their son was murdered.
Contrarily to earlier stories that Promise and Lukmon lived in the same compound, New Telegraph’s visit to Ogba proved that Promise lived at 48, Shonola Street, while Lukmon lived at Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State.
Lukmon’s younger brother, Idris Olowu, said Lukmon was not into any relationship with Promise.
”On Saturday evening, Lukmon and about six of his friends, went to a birthday party at Obawole, Iju area. After the party, Lukmon used his car to drive many of his friends to their residences, including Promise,” Idris said.
”She also attended the birthday. Promise later called and pleaded with Lukmon to take her to her friend’s place around Excellence Hotel, located at Ogba. We understand that she called her husband, telling him that she would spend the night at her friend’s place, before she called and asked Lukmon to drive her there.
The next thing we heard was that police called us that our brother was dead, that they had found Promise and Lukmon dead inside his car. We heard they were found naked. We all went to the police station to confirm the information.
Before the police drove the car to the station, they took pictures of their dead bodies. We saw a picture of our brother, naked and his two legs raised and placed on the dashboard. While the dead woman was half naked; she was sitting beside him at the front seat.
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Her head rested lifelessly on the car seat headrest. I can swear with my life, that my brother didn’t have anything to do with Promise. He was a responsible man, married with children. He didn’t take alcohol.
I learnt that woman was dating a guy called Femi, Promise’s husband, Clement, had warned the guy several times to stay away from his wife. Even, when the incident happened, the same Femi came to tell us that the trap was meant for him.”
Idris further disclosed that Promise lived close to a beer parlour. It was alleged that many people knew the late woman.
Idris further said,
”She called her husband that night, that she would spend the night at a friend’s place. The woman always goes to party with youths living in the area because she was a friendly type.”
Idris recalled that when they got to the police station on Sunday, Promise husband said that the dead person should have been Femi, not Lukmon.
”To my surprise, when we got to Area G Police Command, Promise’s husband said that he thought it was Femi that died. Even Femi’s phone was brought out from Promise’s handbag by her husband.”
New Telegraph visited Promise’s house. Some of her neighbours said she had no job, but frequently visited the beer parlour where she used to drink beer.
One of the residents, who does not want her name mentioned, said:
”The death of the woman came to every one of us as a surprise. Promise had a child and had a friend at the beer parlour joint. She used to stay at that club with her friend, drinking, whenever her husband was not around. It was at this club that some men, including the one that died with her, met her.
There was a day I warned her to stop going to the beer parlour because I had seen a situation where some of the men that came to the joint, would harass women. That was why I warned her to stay away from the place to avoid what eventually happened now.”
When the woman’s hubby, who wore a T-Shirt and brown trousers, was approached, he snapped ”No! No! I can’t talk for now.”
He crossed to the other side of the road and disappeared. People in the area said that the house he entered is his grandmother’s apartment. Attempts to speak with Femi failed too.
When his phone was called, he picked and when our correspondent told him the reason for calling, he cut off and switched off.
According to another report by City Rovers, the lovers may not have died of voodoo or exhaustion as many have been peddling since the unholy discovery was made.
”A new finding, however, revealed that the faulty Air Conditioner in the car may have been the cause of the death of the alleged lovers.
Findings reveal that if the mechanical functions of the car are not up to standard, the chances of a leakage of the car’s exhaust into the vehicle’s cabin while a person is snoozing could increase the risk of suffocation as it would decrease the oxygen level inside the car.
The main thing to watch out, we gathered, is the accumulation of carbon monoxide which can be caused by a leak from the exhaust.
Carbon Monoxide is noted to be poisonous to the blood, but an increase in CO levels in the car could actually compromise the amount of oxygen reaching the blood.
This, in turn, results in the blood carrying more carbon monoxide which ultimately leads to a shock or in severe cases sudden death.
In fact, even in the case of a car with a well-working AC system, the air circulation in closed spaces can be compromised. Even if the air circulates in and out of the car, it’s still not enough for someone breathing air in a closed space.
Additionally, some of the air gets entrapped in the circulation process, thus causing the level of carbon monoxide to increase and the oxygen level to decrease.
Although the duo were reported to have driven to an area behind the Nigeria Institute of Journalism [NIJ], to engage in sex, however, contrary to the belief that she was happily married, the husband was about dissolving the marriage and tomorrow is the new date for the court to hear the divorce matter further.
It was passers-by that saw them, in the car with the engine still running with the air conditioner still blowing indicating they did not die of suffocation.”
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Olarinde Famous-Cole, said that police were carrying out intensive investigations to know the circumstances surrounding the death of the couple.
”We got to know about this incident barely 24 hours ago. We are still investigating. We have to carry out autopsy to ascertain the cause of their death.”
This is too too sad. Not a good way to die at all.
I still believe there’s foul play here.