ABAKALIKI — EBONYI State Police
Command, weekend, arrested a middle
aged woman, Uzoamaka Dorathy Nworie,
an indigene of Nzashi Echara in Ikwo
Local Government Area of the state, for
allegedly killing her lover, Mr. Duniya
Philemon Tabat, over unresolved
business transaction involving the
purchase of Sienna bus.
Briefing newsmen at the command’s
headquarters in Abakaliki, the Police
Public Relations Officer, ASP Chris
Anyanwu, disclosed that the deceased,
who hailed from Dutsen Makaranta in
Nasarawa State, was discovered in a
refuse dump in December 25, 2013, in
Onuebonyi junction, the outskirts of
Abakaliki metropolis. He said the
command swung into action after the
traditional ruler and his cabinet members
reported the case of an abandoned
corpse to the police. The corpse was
later deposited at the Federal Teaching
Hospital, Abakaliki, FETHA.
He said: “According to the suspect, the
victim was her lover who arrived her
house on December 23, 2013 with a
Sienna bus with number plate DV 815
AAA which she had earlier ordered in July
2012 with a part
payment of N350,000.
After showing her the vehicle, the
deceased reportedly told her that the
price of the car was N700,000 and
demanded a balance of N350,000 from
her to seal the transaction.
“Uzoamaka, whose business, according
to her, had been bad and could not
afford such amount, agreed that the
vehicle should be sold so that the
proceeds would be used to offset the
cost.
Accordingly, on December 24, 2013, she
took him to one Ituma Omokwu, a native
doctor residing at Azuebonyi Echara,
Ikwo Local Government Area who later
bought the car at the cost of N750,000
with an instant payment of N700,000
cash, promising to pay the balance of
N50,000 on December 30, 2013.
“On their return home, Uzoamaka
demanded her initial deposit of N350,000
but was given N300,000. The deceased
promised to pay the balance when he
visits again on December 30, 2013. This
development was not acceptable to the
woman; hence, a fight ensued.
“In the process, Uzoamaka hit him at the
back of his neck and he fell face down
and died.”
The spokesman who stated that the
suspect, in a bid to avoid being linked
with the death, decided to dump the
corpse in a nearby refuse dump.
He said following the frantic effort by the
Homicide Detectives of the command, the
vehicle in question was later recovered at
the native doctor’s shrine in Ikwo.
He noted that efforts were in top gear to
contact the relatives of the deceased in
Nasarawa State while the suspect will be
arraigned soon.
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