A 30 year-old man, Richard Effiok, yesterday confessed to killing his 23-year-old girlfriend identified as Bassey Udoh after having three rounds of sex with her.
According to Effiok, the tragedy occurred on May 22, at Nelson Mandela Street in Calabar, Cross River State.
Effiok confessed to the act while been paraded along with other suspected criminals by the Cross River State Police Commissioner, Mr Henry Fadairo, at the state police headquarters along Diamond Hill Road, Calabar.
The 30-year-old suspect, who is an indigene of Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the state, said: “The problem started when I had three rounds of sex with the lady and gave her N1,000 as transport fare back home, but she demanded N5,000. Bassey is my lover. We have been dating for two years. On the day of her death, we had three rounds of sex. I can’t really say if I was tempted by the devil to kill her.
“When she refused to collect the N1,000 that I gave her, we started quarreling and it led to a fight. I brought out a sharp kitchen knife and stabbed her. After stabbing her, she screamed and neighbours broke into my room. They saw her on the ground in a pool of blood. She later died.”
Effiok further disclosed that his neighbours, on noticing something fishy, alerted the police which led to his subsequent arrest.
“I regret my actions, I wish I did not kill her,” he said.
Speaking on the breakthrough of the command in the past few weeks, which he said led to the arrest of over 15 suspects, the state police boss said police officers in the state are resolute in their effort to stamp out criminals, kidnappers and murderers from the state.
Fadairo added that Effiok, alongside other suspects paraded, will be remain in police custody pending when the strike embarked on by Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria is called off.
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