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Man kills roommate during fight over cooking pot........ Emeka James
The Punch
Lagos April 14, 2014
The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 20-year-old man, Ngwuta Nweke, for allegedly killing his friend in their apartment in the Sawmill area of Ebute Meta.
According to the police, the suspect strangled Emeka James during an argument over a cooking pot on March 22, 2014.
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said, “On the fateful day, around 12.30pm, Nweke strangled James who lived in an apartment at Kadara slum, close to Sawmill, Ebute Meta, during a fight over a cooking pot.
“The corpse has been deposited at the Mainland Hospital Mortuary, Yaba, while the matter is under investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba.”
The suspect, however, told the police that he did not mean to kill his friend, but only strangled him in a bid to overpower him in a free fight. He said, “James is the owner of the apartment, I only started living with him about a month before the incident. I sell fuel pump for a living at Idumota and I did not have the money to secure an accommodation so James took me in.
“On the day of the incident, I had some stew in a pot and James told me to empty the pot because he wanted to make use of it. I told him that I could not pour the stew anywhere and he should be patient, but he got angry. “In a fit of rage, he picked up the pot and poured the stew into a dirty container. I also got angry and we started fighting.
“I grabbed him from behind and as we were struggling, we both fell to the ground. When I got up, I realised that James was no longer breathing.”
It was learnt that the deceased was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
Neighbours were said to have alerted policemen at the Denton Police Station after which the suspect was arrested and transferred to the homicide department of the SCID.
The landlord of the victim, who spoke to PUNCH Metro on the condition of anonymity, said he was surprised that the suspect was living with the deceased. He said, “I have known James since 2011 when he started living in the house. He was a good person and was very hardworking. He was a hawker, but when the state government began a clamp down of their activities, he started doing other menial jobs.
“I never knew anyone was living with James. It was when I was invited by the police that I saw the guy (Nweke) for the first time.”
It was learnt that the matter would soon be charged to court.
Hmmmmmm now u will blame d devil for somethg u can avoid. Young men control ur temper. Pls don't see walk away as been scared of d person or as weakling. Jt avoid prison cus dis definitely will rot in kirikiri obviously. And prison is over crowded. My parish visited kirikiri prisons over d weekend and its whr one wants to be.
Posted: at 14-04-2014 08:37 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Hmmmmmm now u will blame d devil for somethg u can avoid. Young men of nowadays pls control ur temper. Pls don't see walk away as been scared of d person or as weakling. Jt avoid prison cus dis guy definitely will rot in kirikiri prison obviously. And d prison is over crowded. My parish visited kirikiri prisons over d weekend and its NOT whr one wants to be.
Posted: at 14-04-2014 08:42 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
akinmanchy at 14-04-2014 10:08 AM (10 years ago) (m)
Awwww this is really sad. My guy you didn't do well @ all,the deceased haboured you in his room yet u killed him over a pot of soup. All I see here is poverty and bad temper.
Life na jeje so just try to take am softly
Posted: at 14-04-2014 10:08 AM (10 years ago) | Hero
libidomakabo at 14-04-2014 10:29 AM (10 years ago) (m)
What actually amazed is that any crime that is commited will be adjudged. To a certain tribe or a race, all those illiterate that just have the opportunity to use the internet, let them grow up criminal act is not attributed to anybody or any tribe , it may be you so let all those useless elements that are tribalist realized that , people like KABU- KABU this is a very ridiculous guy have seen on this forum, my advice for him is to behave like human being because all his statement is quite disgusting .
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