The Digest:
According to reports in Vanguard, an interior designer, Deborah Moses, was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in Lagos months after ending their relationship. The attack has ignited calls for justice and deeper reflection on intimate partner violence.
Key Points:
- Suspect disguised as a dispatch rider to access her residential estate
- Scaled a fence after security grew suspicious of his movements
- Attempted to cause a gas explosion before forcibly entering her home
- Stabbed the victim multiple times; neighbours restrained him afterward
- The couple had been separated for over a year before the attack
- Moses recently completed NYSC and was building her design career
- Family confirms repeated threats from the ex-partner before the incident
Sources: Vanguard
