Woman strangles friend to death for snatching her lover 16 years ago

A 58-year old woman, Josephine Jacob, has been arrested and charged to a Lagos court for allegedly strangling her friend, Mrs. Margaret Ndidi, 59, in their home at Shasha, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria.

This happened 16 years after Josephine’s bitter experience of losing her lover to Margaret whom he married. Josephine reportedly went inside Margaret’s one room apartment at 19, Omo Olore Street, Mosalashi Bus Stop, Shasha, when she was sleeping and strangled her.



She was arrested and arraigned before Yaba Magistrate’s Court where she is facing murder charge.

We gathered from residents that Josephine bore grudges against her over what happened 16 years ago between them. “She has been blaming Margaret for her condition because she snatched her lover 16 years ago,” a source said. Though they later reconciled and became friends again and started living together at their two-room rented apartment they shared, unknown to Margaret, her friend was still nursing the pain and had not forgiven her.

Josephine allegedly went inside Margaret’s room where she was sleeping and strangled her. When the woman died, she started shouting for neighbours to come and help her, saying that Margaret had died on her bed.

After Margret was rushed to a hospital, a doctor certified her dead. But the hospital management discovered that her neck had bruises and wounds. It was suspected that she was strangled.