LAGOS, NIGERIA – FEBRUARY 4, 2024 30-year-old filmmaker, Adebayo Adeseko, committed suicide after brutally murdering his 36-year-old girlfriend, Sarah Adesanya. By all accounts, the couple had been bitterly arguing. Adebayo couldn’t take it anymore and in a rage, he grabbed a knife with which he stabbed Sarah to death. The murder of his girlfriend left him with so much adrenaline in his system that he managed to stab himself to death.
The incident took place at their apartment at No. 8B, Gbete Street, off Shoyemi Bamaco Estate, Ojodu Berger, Lagos.
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