Scorned Lover, Accomplice, Stabs Twins, Kills One in Lagos

Chiemelie Ezeobi
A man scorned by a woman, one Alex Onuora, and his accomplice Alia Ogor, on Thursday stabbed two brothers, who were twins, after their younger sister refused to have an affair with him.

Due to the nature of the stabbing, one of the twins, Elvis Mekwa, bled to death, while his brother Kene is lying critically ill at a hospital in Lagos State.

According to reports, Onuora and his friend Alia had engaged them in a fight over their younger sister in front a hotel owned by the wife of a popular musician, Segun Adewale, located at Liasu Road at Council bus stop, Ikotun.

Onuora had allegedly used a broken bottle to stab Elvis on the neck and he bled to death.
Before the fight, trouble was said to have started when their sister rebuffed an approach by Onuora and Alia to lure her for sex in the hotel where they went to drink.

In anger, Onuora reportedly assaulted the girl, who in turn reported him to her brothers.
When the twins approached Onuora, an altercation between them later resulted in a brawl.

Onuora’s house at 51 Olalekan Adekoye has since been deserted as he was said to have fled to evade arrest.

Although the police were yet to round him up and his accomplice, they have since arrested the manager of the hotel where the incident, one Chibueze Anumudu and woman simply identified as Blessing.