May 5, 2013 was Onyinyechi Orakwuelum’s 18th birthday.The day she became
an adult and the day she allegedly stabbed to death 19-years-old
Akinwale Ayobami, who she said wanted to rape her.
Onyinye, who
is currently being held at the State Criminal Investigation Department
(SCID), Iyaganku, Ibadan, pending investigation, narrated her story to
Tribune and she said:
I am from Nkwele Ogidi in Anambra. I finished from Saint Gabriel Commercial Secondary School, Mokola, Ibadan, in 2011.
The deceased (Ayobami) was my mate in secondary school, as well as my friend Funmbi.
My parents moved to our personal house at
Ologuneru community in Ibadan, so I lost contact with my friends. One
day, my mother came home and told me that she saw my friend, Funmbi, and
that they had also moved to Ologuneru. I was happy and we reunited.