Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested a 27-year-old woman, Oluchi Nzemechi, from Uzoagba in the Ikeduru Local Government Area, for stabbing her partner, Kelechi Nzemechi, to death.
The police reported that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime, revealing that her 31-year-old lover had introduced her to internet fraud, commonly known as ‘yahoo yahoo.’
She explained that they had a heated argument on Sunday because he failed to give her a share of the alleged 250 million Rupiah they had fraudulently obtained from a victim in Indonesia.
During the argument, Oluchi admitted to using a kitchen knife to stab him in the upper part of his body.
“In a bid to cover up my criminal acts, I swiftly wrote on a piece of paper; ‘you think you can eat my money and go free, I am baba for the boys, I am coming for your wife and your child including your family and I placed it on his lifeless body and ran away from the house,” the suspect said while speaking to journalists when she was paraded by the police.
The suspect also mentioned that she had been living with the victim since 2019 and they have a child together.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, stated that the suspect will be arraigned in court upon the completion of the investigation.
“Effort is intensified to recover the alleged 250 million Indonesia Rupiah for a possible return to the owner. The suspect is currently undergoing an investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department and will certainly be arraigned in court,” he added.