“We were intoxicated and thought he was enjoying it, so we were taking turns and just having fun. It was when we realized he was no longer responding that we screamed,” one of the suspects told the police.
According to an eyewitness, identified as Jide, who rushed to the scene
when he heard the girls screaming: “People rushed into the deceased’s
apartment to find the four undressed girls and his lifeless body. They
immediately alerted the police, who came few minutes later to arrest the
suspects.”
In their statement to the police, the ladies said:
“We met Olanimu on Wednesday evening when we were coming from a friend’s birthday party which we attended at Surulere. We were at a bus stop when a car suddenly stopped in front of us.
The driver asked where we were heading, we said we were going anywhere
he was heading to. When we arrived at his residence, he asked us what we
wanted and we said we wanted to get high and that he should turn on the
music, so he did and afterwards arranged drinks for everyone.
While we drank and danced, Olanimu started touching us, k*ssing and
spraying money. Overwhelmed by happiness, we responded and equally
care$sed him. We later ended up in his room and had $ex."
Police investigation, it was gathered, ruled out initial suspicion that
Olanimu probably died of poison. Rather, it was linked to $ex induced
exhaustion. The girls were released on bail last Saturday morning, while
the remains of the deceased had since been buried by his family in line
with Muslim rites.
