The police are to charge a 29-year-old man, Olusegun Ogunleye, of No. 16 Idahosa Street, Ajao Estate, Lagos, for stealing and attempted suicide once his health improves.
Olusegun was said to have consumed a bowl of detergent when soldiers, who accompanied his lover, Blessing Gotam, and her cousin, Peter Gokat, to his apartment to retrieve two phones and bags he allegedly stole when he visited the girlfriend in Epe.
The source added that Olusegun, after consuming the detergent, fainted and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he is receiving treatment.
It was learnt that Olusegun is suffering from kidney failure and that his mother, Mrs Victoria Ogunleye, had relocated to Ajao Estate to take care of him. Read more