
An Investigative Police
Officer, Insp. Joseph Addo, on Wednesday, told an Igbosere High Court in Lagos
how a man, identified as Williams Kenechi, allegedly strangled his sugar mummy,
Lizzy Nzewi, and absconded to Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, with her car.
Addo made the disclosure
while giving evidence as the third prosecution witness in a murder case filed
against Kenechi by the Lagos State Government.
It was reported that
during investigations, the man confessed to the crime and he also gave
revelations about his visitation to the victim before she was found dead.
The police officer said
that the accused told the police that he had a misunderstanding with the
deceased that made him struggle for her cell phone and in the process, she
died.
“The accused lied when he
told me that it was during the struggle that he pushed the deceased to the bed
where she slumped and died.”
Addo also alleged that
the man took the deceased’s ATM card and withdrew N140, 000 from her account
after he had killed her.

He said, “The accused
took the lady’s car, her three phones and her ATM card to Abidjan, where he was
later arrested,”
The IPO was led in
evidence by the Lagos State Chief Counsel, Mr Babatunde Sunmonu. Counsel to the
accused, Mr C. J. Jiapokna, urged the court for a short adjournment to enable
him to bring a document he required for his cross-examination.
The case was adjourned by
Justice Akintoye until Feb. 7 and Feb. 13 for the continuation of trial.
The accused was arraigned
in 2016 after he had initially run away to Ivory Coast and when he though the
matter would have cooled off, he came back into the country. That was when the
Police was tipped off as he had been on their radar. He was immediately
arrested and charged for murder to which he pleaded not guilty.
The prosecution alleged
that the accused committed the offence on July 19, 2014 at Plot 34, Green
Estate Amuwo-Odofin in Lagos.
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