For sleeping with a corpse, a 28-year-old man is in police custody.
Homicide detectives at Panti, Yaba, Lagos are investigating the man, Nura Mustapha, who was arrested early in March after a hotel attendant raised the alarm that he would not allow a corpse to be retrieved.
The incident happened at Green Star Hotel at Alaba-Rago, a popular haven for Hausa settlers and traders in Lagos State.
Police officers identified the corpse of the lady as that of Faith Akin from Ondo State, who had earlier in the year visited her mother in Lagos.
The hotel attendant who booked the room for Nura said the suspect is a regular visitor to the hotel.
The attendant, simply identified as Matthew, said: “We have a lot of customers coming with different girls to the hotel but on that fateful day, the customer (Nura) came in about 5pm and booked the room.
“After about 9pm, he brought in this lady and they stayed the night.
“Early the next day, before I would hand over to the morning staff, I went round to check the rooms, that was how I saw the lady (Faith) lying down.
“I went on to touch her but there was no response.
“I called out to Nura but he did not answer.
“It was when I came back the second time after I had informed the manager that I saw the customer (Nura) sleeping with the corpse again.
“I tried to call his attention but he did not respond so I went to call the police.”
It was gathered that the hotel management invited the policemen from the Ojo Police Station to the scene of the incident but they were shocked when they found Nura having sex with the dead lady.
A police officer who requested anonymity said Nura was oblivious of the police presence when they caught him in the act of having sex with the dead lady.
The police source said: “As soon as we got the complaint from the hotel management, we rushed to the scene of the incident.
“Unfortunately, we experienced the shock of our lives when we saw Nura on top of the lifeless lady still banging (having sex with) her.
“We had to drag him from the lady’s corpse before he realised that people had been watching him.
“It was a terrible thing for such a young man to sleep with a corpse may be for ritual purpose but we do not know.”
It was gathered that Nura confessed to the police that he used a sex enhancement drug before having sex with the deceased.
The source added: “He said he used a local Hausa herb called burantashi to enhance his sexual performance before he had sex with he lady.
“The corpse had foam coming out from her mouth and despite that he kept banging her because the drug made him to have delayed ejaculation.
“So to satisfy himself, he kept banging the lady even when he discovered that she was dead so as to relieve himself.”
Investigations revealed that young ladies become easy prey for unsuspecting men at the Tiv Yam Market at Alaba-rago as the young girls converge at the market to prostitute.
Faith was picked up from the Tiv Yam Market by Nura.