Police Arrest 31-Year-Old Man For Killing 48-Year-Old Lover In Abuja, Stealing Her Car, Phones

Police Arrest 31-Year-Old Man For Killing 48-Year-Old Lover In Abuja, Stealing Her Car, Phones

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested Edeh Tochukwu, 31, for allegedly killing his lover, 48-year-old Ijeoma Felix (Phyllis Ijeoma on Facebook), in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

The suspect was reportedly apprehended by operatives from the police force’s headquarters’ Police Intelligence Response Team.

The suspect was paraded at the IRT Office in Abuja on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who said his arrest was in response to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, who said no stone should be left unturned in the investigation of the woman’s murder.

According to Channel TV, the suspect confessed to the crime and claimed to have hit the victim with a pestle during an alleged violent argument at her two-bedroom residence in the FCT’s Lugbe area on October 24.

After hitting her, the suspect stated he stole the deceased’s Toyota Camry, as well as her phone and other belongings, before fleeing the house. He went on to say that he was arrested on November 2 after changing the Camry’s registration and selling it for N1.7 million.

They had an argument over a Toyota Highlander she had given him, which he sold without her consent, as he recounted the events leading up to Ijeoma’s death.

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The suspect stated that he met the deceased in a Facebook group in 2020, and that their relationship began on a positive note, leading to him moving into her apartment. He claimed that the relationship deteriorated into abuse, with him as the victim.

The victim’s elder sister told journalists how she discovered her sister, Ijeoma Felix, had been murdered on October 24 at her home.

She stated she received a call from the caretaker of the property where her late sister’s apartment was located, informing her that Ijeoma had not been seen in days and was possibly seriously ill. She stated that there was a foul odor upon her arrival at the residence, but that her car was nowhere to be found.

She went to Lugbe Police Station after learning that a report had been made, but was told to return the next day because the investigating police officer (IPO) was not on duty.

“The next day, we went there (Lugbe Police Station). Then we were able to meet the IPO. They had already made arrangements for the environmental (agency). We were even at that police station when the environmental people came. All of us went to the compound.

“They went in; they brought out my sister, wrapped in her centre rug. She was smelling already. That means the smell I was perceiving (the day before) was my sister. She had been there for days, smelling. That was how we took her to Gwagwalada Hospital and deposited the body.

“The car was not there. The TV was not there. The phones were not there. But you could see the charging things there. And they told me that the guy in question was the last person that came that Monday (to her apartment) and they didn’t see when he left and the car had not been there since he left,” she said, adding that the family wanted justice.

Meanwhile, Adejobi, the Force’s spokesman, confirmed that the investigation was ongoing. He cautioned the public to exercise caution when using social media.

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