A 31-year-old man, who allegedly strangled Njideka Lizzy Nzewe, his
39-year-old business woman lover to death in her apartment at Green
Estate, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, says that he killed her out of sheer
jealousy.
The murder suspect, Kelechi Williams, was paraded on the 6th of
August, at the Lagos State Police Command, after he was arrested at the
border between Ghana and Cote D’Ivore by operatives from the Area ‘E’
Command, Festac Town in collaboration with those of International
Police, INTERPOL.
Kelechi, who was apprehended while fleeing with the deceased’s Range
Rover Sports Utility Vehicle, revealed that the incident happened on 19
July, at about 2 am during a heated lovers’ quarrel between him and his
late lover.
He narrated the series of events that led to the altercation, and her subsequent death;
“Lizzy was my girlfriend. I knew her three years ago. But we started
getting serious in February this year. I came back from Ghana to visit
her on July 16, 2014 which was on a Wednesday. The next day we went out
and came back late. On Friday, she told me to stay back at home and rest
because I was tired. She left the house, saying she was going to the
new apartment she was to pack into, assuring me she would be back as
usual by 6 p.m.”
“But she did not return by 6pm. Rather, the gate man came with a
power generating set, saying madam had gone to drop the workers. When it
was 8 p.m. and I did not see her, I started calling her on phone but
she did not pick. I called her up to 30 times without response. She came
back by midnight and when I asked why she did not pick my calls, she
said the phone was in silent mode. I brought out my phone and called her
line only for it to ring.”
“At that point I noticed she was drunk. I got angry and asked if that
was the way she would pay me back for leaving everything in Ghana to
come and spend time with her. I threatened to quit the relationship. But
at that point, her phone rang and I told her to pick it but she
insisted that I should pick it and when I did, the caller, who was a
male, asked ‘baby are you home?”
“Immediately she discovered it was a male’s voice, she snatched the
phone from me and asked why I should pick her calls. I reminded her of a
similar incident when she came to visit me in Ghana and my phone rang.
She pick it and on discovering it was a female, she smashed the phone on
the ground, without knowing who the caller was.
“I reminded her also that she collected my other phones from me and
brought them to Nigeria. In anger, I took the phone and smashed it on
the ground.”
“Before I knew it, she threw my things outside, saying I should leave
her house. I told her to give me the N300,000 she borrowed from me to
buy an air conditioner, if she wanted me to leave but she said she had
no money with her and gave me her ATM card which she said had just
N140,000.
“At a point, she slapped me and we started fighting. She held on to
my manhood and started stretching it. That was when I held the wrapper
that was around her neck and used it to strangle her, thereby forcing
her to let go my manhood. She fell down and became motionless.
Immediately, I took her three phones, ATM card and went outside to meet
the gate man to see me off to any ATM machine, where I withdrew
N100,000.”
“I dropped the gateman at home, and told him I was going to pump the
tyre. At that point, I knew I was in trouble. I did not go back to her
house for fear of being arrested. I drove straight to Mile Two, from
where I picked a driver who drove me down to Ghana. I spent some days in
Ghana before I decided to leave for Cote d’Ivoire,where unfortunately I
was arrested.”
“I never wanted to kill her. I have never fought in my life, let
alone kill somebody. I did not also steal her jewellery and N8 million
as claimed by the Police. The only money I withdrew was N100,000 and her
phone.”