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Fleeing 22-year-old Daniel Okocha, who allegedly stabbed his lover, Nkechi Agwor, to death, over suspicion that she was cheating on him, has been arrested in his hideout by detectives at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Yaba, Lagos.
The incident occurred last Sunday at the live-in-lovers apartment in Egbeda area of Lagos. Trouble began and the love between the duo went sour when the suspect refused to allow the deceased, Nkechi, aged 20, to go to church last Sunday.
When the deceased insisted, a quarrel ensued, which degenerated into a fight during which Daniel allegedly stabbed her with a knife in the neck and fled. When he was arrested, he admitted culpability.
The suspect is presently being drilled at the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba. A police officer who spoke on the condition of anonymity, since he was not supposed to speak with the media, said: “Daniel has confessed to the murder. He told us that he killed his lover, because he was suspecting that she was cheating on him.
“He told us that on the fateful day, Nkechi had told him that she was going to church, but he warned her to sit down at home as he suspected that she was having an appointment with another man who attends the same church with her.
“He said when Nkechi refused to obey him and insisted that she was going to the church, he picked a fight with her and stabbed her several times. We believe he was telling a cock and bull stories because the message he typed in the deceased phone showed that he had the intention of killing her.
“He wrote that he killed her and watched her die for 45 minutes. He went further to say, ‘I gave her life, but she refused to give me back’. With these statements, we are convinced that he planned and executed the killing.
“The irony of the whole thing is that the two of them are from the same town, Ubulu-Uku in Aniocha-South Local Government Area of Delta State. Preliminary investigation showed that though they had one child, but they were not legally married.
“We were told that the mother of the deceased is taking care of the child. We were told that the suspect was so possessive and jealous that at one time, he attempted to kill himself by drinking a poisonous substance, Snipper. We were told that it was the deceased that rushed him to the hospital where he was revived.
After committing the dastardly act, Daniel took to his heels, but we extended our dragnets to all corners of the state. Our efforts paid off when he was picked up from his hideout in Lagos Island. The question we asked him was, where was he running to since the two of them came from the same town?”
The father of the deceased, Mr. Innocent Agwor, said he wants justice to be served. “What I am asking from the government is justice. Whatever justice that befits such a murderer should be administered to him. I don’t need compensation because there is no amount of money that will be paid that will bring back my daughter. I want the suspect to face the consequence of his action and be charged for murder,” he said.
Igbo
reason for Nigeria’s economic gallantry, says Gowon
FORMER Head of State,General Yakubu Gowon,yesterday, said the people in the
South East geopolitical zone were the major reason Nigeria’s economic potential
was at its current state. Gowon,who said but for the people, the country would
be very poor, said the Igbos made the country a complete one. He spoke just as
the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo,Chief Nnia Nwodo attributed the
ongoing security problems in the country to President Muhammadu Buhari’s
leadership style, saying the security turned for the worst when Buhari turned
its headship to a regional and religious affairs. Both spoke yesterday,at an
event in Abuja,titled:”Debate for National Unity: Federal Character,
Restructuring and Rotation of Presidential Power in Nigeria”, organised by Igbo
Leadership Development Foundation.
Gowon,speaking through the former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria,
Obadiah Mailafia,said insisted that absence of Igbo intelligencea and hard
work,Nigeria would not be at its current state. He maintained that God did not
make mistake in putting Igbo in Nigeria. According to Gowon, in a democracy,
there have to be fairness, justice and transparency in the leadership and
governance of a country. He noted: I am not a friend of hate speech, bitterness
but a friend of patrotism because Nigeria is dear to my heart and I believes in
bright future of Nigeria and Igbo and that together, we can make our country
great.” Nwodo,on his part,said:”Our country is faulty because our constitution
has no legal grounding. Most lawyers here know that for the constitution to be valid,it
has to be made by the people, there have to be a referendum for the people to
say ‘we accept this.’ “But there was nothing like this,the constitution we run
today starts was never made by Nigerians. The people who made this constitution
were a group of soldiers, who were not elected into office or elected on a
representative capacity but only shared local governments and states to their
whims and caprices and today,that constitution does not promote unity. “Look at
the appointments in our country today. The head of the executive-the president
of Nigeria is from the North,the head of the legislature-the president of the
senate is from the North,the head of the judiciary-the Chief Justice of Nigeria
is from the North. “If you go to the security services, the Chief of Army Staff
is from the North, the Chief of Air Staff is from the North, the Chief of
Police is from the North, the National Security Adviser is from the North, the
National Intelligence Agency is headed by an Hausa man,the National Security
and Civil Defence Corp and everything is from the North, how does this engender
unity and confidence? “If have ever served in government, you would know that
the first minister to sit in the security council is the Attorney General of
the Federation. The man is also an Hausa man. The woman who manages our
wealth,that is the Minister of Finance, she also from the North. “Gentlemen, if
you go to the parastatals,the parastatals that are endowed with the capacity to
create wealth and to give employment are also headed by northerners,NNPC is
headed by northerners. Even yesterday, NIMASA has also been donated to a
northerner! Is this a united country? “And because of this,security has failed.
In one swoop in Kaduna State,51 people were massacred! Of course, it happens in
Benue State everyday,it happens in Taraba everyday, it happens in Taraba
everyday and they want to come to the South and we are ready for them.” Also
speaking for himself,Mailafia decried injustices faced by Ndigbo’s in the
country. Noting that the country was big enough to accommodate everyone
irrespective of tribe, Mailafia noted that the constitutional debate on
restructuring must address all imbalances for the sake of equity. “I believe
that a lot of injustice have been done to the Igbo’s and the constitutional
debate on restructuring must address all imbalances” “Nigeria is big enough for
all of us and I believe that the Ndigbo, Middle belt and the Yoruba’s are the
true Nigerians because if you look round our borders, people came from abroad and
are still coming but Ndigbo’s have always been there, middle belt have always
been there, even Yoruba’s have always been there” “People who came in yesterday
who have a duty of respect are now the ones talking” “Going forward we must
create a federal democracy that will respond positively to all the aspirations
of our people not about East-West but all about working together in equality,
bringing in the youths, the women together to build a new Nigeria,” he said.
Source: Vanguard
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