Posted by 9jabook.com on December 14, 2009 at 8:07pm
Okechukwu Agbanama, 27, might forever regret meeting Judith Chukwu, a lady he dated for merely two weeks.
Mr. Agbanama is an interior decorator who is being detained at the homicide section of the state criminal investigation department for allegedly killing his friend, Udoka Ibemesi, over a tussle for the affections of the young woman.
"Barely two weeks into our relationship, Judith had brought bad luck to me," Mr. Agbanama told NEXT.
How it happened
At about midnight in Tuesday, December 8th at 16, Orison Street, Ilemba Ajagbadi the deceased allegedly stormed the residence of Mr. Agbanama protesting that the suspect was dating his girlfriend, Judith Chukwu.
"I was in my house on that fateful Tuesday night after a hard day's job when I heard a very loud sound on my door. I jumped up suspecting that thieves had visited me, but I was surprised when I saw my friend Udoka standing in front of my door with a beer bottle," Mr. Agbanama said.
"I cannot say what he used, but he broke my door and entered my house forcefully. Even the neighbours heard the noise and came out I shouted and demanded to know what he was doing there. He replied that he was going to kill me that I am dating his girl friend Judith. Judith was with me that night and he ordered her to go out, that he will deal with her for dating me after he is done with killing me. I was confused and I said ‘we can settle this', but Udoka was very furious."
Mr. Agbanama said it was the deceased that introduced him to Judith and even encouraged him to go on and date her. "Udoka was my friend and we lived in the same compound," he said. "He was the one that introduced me to Judith as his in -law. He said that she is a good girl and I should date her, but I am surprised that he was the same person coming to fight over Judith. I do not know if he dated her and Judith said they never dated that Udoka was like his brother."
‘I did not mean to kill him'
During the interview, Mr. Agbanama displayed deep cuts all over his body and it was apparent that walking was a difficulty. He attributed the wounds to the fight he had with the deceased.
"Udoka was ready to kill me, before I could say anything, he broke the bottle and used it to stab me in the eye, and he rushed me and started stabbing me with the broken bottle. When other neighbours saw how he was stabbing me, they ran away. He was on top of me stabbing me all over my body.
"When I saw that he meant to kill me and there was nobody to rescue me from him, I started looking for something to defend myself; a knife was close by and I grabbed it but as he wrestled to collect it from me, the knife then pierced him in the neck and blood started gushing out.
"When I saw the blood, I quickly removed my vest and tied it round his neck to stop the bleeding; I shouted to my neighbours to help me take him to the hospital but nobody came to my rescue. Udoka was a big and tall man and I could not carry him, but I made efforts to save his life but he died shortly after. I feel bad about his death but I do not mean to kill him."
The Lagos state police spokesperson, Frank Mba, said the police will soon conclude their investigation into the case.
"This case is under investigation at the state criminal investigation department at Panti Yaba," he said. "The policemen visited the scene of the incident immediately it happened and the corpse has been removed to a public mortuary for autopsy."
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