Following the gruesome murder of Nigerian Singer, Alizee and her 4-year-old daughter on Thursday, April 5th, the Lagos state police command has released a statement explaining details of their investigation on her alleged murder by her husband, Peter Neilsen, a 53-year old Danish citizen, at their home in Banana Island.
According to the police, on close examination, marks of violence were seen on Alizee and her daughter’s body after the attack, thus, Mr. Peter Neilsen is currently being investigated by the Homicide team at SCID Panti Yaba.
In a lengthy statement, the Command wrote:
‘On the 5th day of April, 2018, at about 11am, it received a complaint from the Facility Manager of Bellavista Tower, Banana Island, Mr.Kunle Kukoyi, that at about 7am of 5th April, 2018, he was informed by 13 year-old Miss Gift Madaki that she heard her elder sister, Late Mrs Zainab Neilsen, 37 years old, crying in the early hours of the morning as she was being manhandled by her husband, one Mr Peter Neilsen, a 53-year old citizen of Denmark. The little girl estimated the time she heard her sister’s cry to be 0345hours.
Based on the report, the Command mobilised its Crime Scene Detectives to the location pari passu the medics from Britannia hospital, Lekki Phase one Lagos. Together they went to Flat 17, Block 4 apartment of the Neilsens.
Two bodies, identified as that of Zainab Nelson and her 4 years old baby, Petra Neilsen were found in the kitchen. The doctor and his team inspected the bodies and confirmed them dead.
Preliminary investigation conducted at the scene revealed that the violence that consumed the deceased persons started in the couple’s bedroom but the bodies were dragged to the kitchen.
On closer examination, visible marks of violence were seen on the bodies, thus the corpses were photographed and evacuated to Lagos Island General Hospital for autopsy.
Meanwhile, letters have been sent to the embassy of Denmark intimating it that Lagos State Police Command is investigating Mr Peter Neilsen, a citizen of Denmark for an alleged case of murder.
Further development on this case will be duly communicated to the general public’ the statement read.