Canada-bound lady stabbed to death because of phone in Lagos

A 41-year-old woman, Oluwakemi Odugbesan, has been murdered by suspected armed robbers around Oduntan in Ketu, Lagos.

The deceased was said to have been stabbed multiple times by her attackers around 6 am on April 10, 2021 which happened to be her husband’s birthday. It was gathered the woman was returning from a vigil when her attackers, in an attempt to collect her phone and handbag, stabbed her multiple times on the chest and rib regions.

The Nation reports that the deceased, her husband and three children were billed to relocate to Canada in few weeks before her unfortunate death.

It was gathered her attackers were the ones who called her parents with her phone to inform them she was fatally injured. Following the information, relatives were said to have raced to the scene and rushed the woman to a hospital on Oduntan Street, where she was pronounced dead.

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Following the tragic incident, residents are demanding an end to attacks by armed hoodlums who usually laid siege on commuters early in the mornings or at nightfall.