The suspect, Kelechi Williams and late Njideka
Lizzy Nzewe
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By Evelyn Usman, Esther Onyegbula & Ifeanyi
Okolie
LAGOS — The 31-year-old man, who allegedly
strangled his 39-year-old international business
woman lover to death in her apartment at
Green Estate, Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos, last
month, told a crowd yesterday that he did it out
of jealousy.
The suspect, Kelechi Williams, who was paraded
at the Lagos State Police Command, was
arrested at the border between Ghana and Cote
D’Ivore by operatives from the Area ‘E’
Command, Festac Town and those of
International Police, INTERPOL, while fleeing
with the deceased’s Range Rover Sports Utility
Vehicle, SUV, with number plate LAGOS EKY 509
AZ.
The incident, according to him, occurred on July
19, 2014, at about 2 am during an altercation
over the late arrival of his lover, a mother of
four identified as Njideka Lizzy Nzewe.
How she was killed
Narrating how he snuffed life out of the
deceased, the suspect, who hails from Umuji in
Ndemili North Local Government Area of
Anambra State, said: “Lizzy was my girlfriend. I
knew her three years ago. But we started getting
serious in February this year.
“I came back from Ghana to visit her on July 16,
2014 which was on a Wednesday. The next day
we went out and came back late.
“On Friday, she told me to stay back at home
and rest because I was tired. She left the house,
saying she was going to the new apartment she
was to pack into, assuring me she would be
back as usual by 6 p.m.
“But she did not return by 6pm. Rather, the
gate man came with a power generating set,
saying madam had gone to drop the workers.
“When it was 8 p.m. and I did not see her, I
started calling her on phone but she did not
pick. I called her up to 30 times without
response.
“She came back by midnight and when I asked
why she did not pick my calls, she said the
phone was in silent mode. I brought out my
phone and called her line only for it to ring.
“At that point I noticed she was drunk. I got
angry and asked if that was the way she would
pay me back for leaving everything in Ghana to
come and spend time with her. I threatened to
quit the relationship. But at that point, her
phone rang and I told her to pick it but she
insisted that I should pick it and when I did, the
caller, who was a male, asked ‘baby are you
home?’
“Immediately she discovered it was a male’s
voice, she snatched the phone from me and
asked why I should pick her calls. I reminded
her of a similar incident when she came to visit
me in Ghana and my phone rang. She pick it
and on discovering it was a female, she
smashed the phone on the ground, without
knowing who the caller was.
“I reminded her also that she collected my other
phones from me and brought them to Nigeria.
In anger, I took the phone and smashed it on
the ground.
“Before I knew it, she threw my things outside,
saying I should leave her house. I told her to
give me the N300,000 she borrowed from me to
buy an air conditioner, if she wanted me to
leave but she said she had no money with her
and gave me her ATM card which she said had
just N140,000.
“At a point, she slapped me and we started
fighting. She held on to my manhood and
started stretching it. That was when I held the
wrapper that was around her neck and used it
to strangle her, thereby forcing her to let go my
manhood. She fell down and became
motionless.
“Immediately, I took her three phones, ATM
card and went outside to meet the gate man to
see me off to any ATM machine, where I
withdrew N100,000.
“I dropped the gateman at home, and told him I
was going to pump the tyre. At that point, I
knew I was in trouble. I did not go back to her
house for fear of being arrested.
“I drove straight to Mile Two, from where I
picked a driver who drove me down to Ghana. I
spent some days in Ghana before I decided to
leave for Cote d’Ivoire,where unfortunately I
was arrested.
“I never wanted to kill her. I have never fought
in my life, let alone kill somebody. I did not also
steal her jewellery and N8 million as claimed by
the Police. The only money I withdrew was
N100,000 and her phone.”
Suspect gives thanksgiving in church
Briefing newsmen earlier, the command’s boss,
Umar Manko, said after the suspect killed the
woman, he locked the door from outside,
apparently to make it look as if they had gone
out. He further disclosed that a new
International Passport which bore the suspect’s
name and the surname of his deceased’s lover,
was found on him, suggesting that the motive
was pre-empted.
Back in Ghana, preliminary investigation,
according to the Police, revealed that the
suspect took the SUV to church, declaring it was
his. Police sources said he made an unspecified
donation to the church and also threw a party to
celebrate the new car.
How I discovered my madam’s corpse—Guard
On his part, the gate man, John Tungwim, said
he suspected something was amiss when the
suspect dashed out from the apartment that
night.
According to him, “he told me he was going to
the club with madam but that she asked him to
go and withdraw money with her ATM card first.
“I went with him because I know madam’s pin
code. But we came back, he told me to go
inside that madam said she was tired and could
not go. So, he drove out alone.
“I never suspected anything until the next day
when I did not see madam. I called one of the
children’s attention to it. Out of curiosity, I
climbed a ladder only to discover that madam
was on the floor foaming in her mouth. I
contacted her brother who called in the police.”