A lady identified as Oluchi Nzemechi has been arrested by men of the Imo State Police Command for killing her partner, Kelechi Nzemechi, over his alleged failure to give her a cut of alleged internet fraud proceeds, to the tune of 250 million rupiah (over N22 million), News About Nigeria reports.
Her arrest was disclosed to newsmen by the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Henry Okoye, in Owerri on Monday while parading the suspect.
He stated that the 27-year-old lady was arrested after thorough investigations and has confessed to the crime.
The command noted that the suspect, who hails from Uzoagba in the Ikeduru Council Area of Imo State, admitted that her lover had lured her into internet fraud, aka ‘yahoo yahoo’.
The suspect also confessed that on June 2, they had a heated argument over his failure to give her a cut of an alleged 250 million rupiah they fraudulently obtained from a victim in Indonesia.
She also confessed to having stabbed him in the upper part of his body with a kitchen knife, which led to his death.
“Operatives of the Imo State Police Command, through painstaking investigation, have arrested a 27-year-old young lady, named Oluchi Nzemechi ‘f’, of Uzoagba in Ikeduru LGA of Imo State, for stabbing her partner, Kelechi Nzemechi, ‘m’, 31yrs, to death.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime, admitting that her lover lured her into internet fraud, aka ‘yahoo yahoo’. That on 02/06/2024, she had a heated argument with him for failing to give her a cut of an alleged 250 million rupiah they fraudulently obtained from a victim in Indonesia, during which she used a kitchen knife and stabbed him on the upper part of his body.”
“The suspect further revealed that in a bid to cover up her criminal acts, she 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 placed it on the lifeless body of the victim and ran away from the house. She also stated that she has been living with the victim since 2019 and has a child for him,” the statement reads in part.
The command, however, stated that the suspect is currently undergoing an investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department and will certainly be arraigned in court.
It was also noted that efforts are being made to recover the money and possibly return it to the owner.
