Operatives of Imo State Police Command have arrested a woman, Oluchi Nzemechi, 27, for allegedly stabbing her spouse, Kelechi Nzemechi, to death over a dispute over internet scam profits.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Henry Okoye disclosed this to the press on Monday in Owerri while parading the suspect.
Henry revealed that Oluchi had confessed to killing her spouse for over 250 million Rupiah scam proceeds obtained from an Indonesian ‘client’.
He added that the suspect alledged that she used a kitchen knife to stab her partner, who introduced her to the fraud, after a heated argument.
The PRO said, “Operatives of the Imo State Police Command through painstaking investigation have arrested a 27-year-old young lady, named Oluchi Nzemechi ‘f’, of Uzoagba in Ikeduru LGA of Imo State, for stabbing her partner, Kelechi Nzemechi, ‘m’, 31yrs, to death.”
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime, admitting that her lover lured her into internet fraud aka ‘yahoo yahoo’. That on 02/06/2024, she had a heated argument with him for failing to give her a cut of an alleged 250 Million Rupiah they fraudulently obtained from a victim in Indonesia, during which she used a kitchen knife and stabbed him on the upper part of his body.”
Revealing her side of the story to the press, Oluchi narrated how she tried to cover up the murder by writing a deceitful letter.
She said, “In a bid to cover up my criminal acts, I swiftly wrote on a piece of paper; ‘you think you can eat my money and go free, I am baba for the boys, I am coming for your wife and your child including your family and I placed it on his lifeless body and ran away from the house.”
She also revealed that she has been living with the deceased since 2019 and they have a child together.
Henry added that the suspect would be arraigned in court after the conclusion of the investigation.
