A Nigerian soldier, Jay Matol has been accused of raping and killing his girlfriend, Jennifer Ugadu, a 200 level student of Niger Delta University (NDU), in Bayelsa State over alleged cheating.
It was gathered that Matol had suspected Jennifer of cheating so he allegedly raped her, then shot and stabbed her multiple times.
After the alleged killing, he was said to have placed her dead body on the bed and locked her inside before running away with her phone. He also allegedly severed her thumb to use it in unlocking her phone.
The soldier was also said to have logged on to her department’s WhatsApp group to announce that he has killed her and plans to kill himself too.
“I don kill am… I will kill myself,” a message from Jennifer’s phone posted in her department’s WhatsApp group read.
Jennifer, a model was reportedly found dead in her apartment with multiple stab injuries and bullet wounds on Sunday, July 11, days after she was killed.
The state of the room reportedly showed there was a struggle before she was killed.
The deceased was said to have been dating Jay for five years before the sad incident. Jay’s last Facebook post is a photo of Jennifer. She is also his cover photo.
