27-yr-old man who killed woman he met on Facebook reveals reason for his action

A 27-year-old man identified as Paul Ezeugo who murdered his married lover, Mrs Charity Chidiebere Aiyedogbon in Abuja has revealed the real reason he killed the victim.

In his confessional statement, the suspect said he killed his victim with the help of his friend Emmanuel Adogah, 28, because he wanted to his lover’s Acura ZDX Sports Utility Vehicle which has been recovered from him by the police.

Reacting to the arrest of the suspect and his accomplice, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Sadiq Bell said Paul was nabbed after a manhunt was launched since May, 2016 when Charity’s mutilated body was found packaged in two sacks at a river bank in Ushafa, a satellite community in Bwari, committed the crime on May 9, 2016.

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The FCT CP said; “On June 1, 2018, police
operatives attached to the Command Anti-Kidnapping Squad succeeded in arresting the principal suspect, one Paul Chukwujekwu Ezeugo, 27 years at Benin in Edo State.

“Upon his arrest, the principal suspect who has been at large since the lady’s disappearance, confessed during interrogation that the mother of four was his girlfriend and that he conspired with one Emmanuel Adogah and murdered her on May 9, 2016 at about 2330hrs at Kagini.

“According to Paul Chukwujekwu Ezeugo, he gave her excess alcohol to consume before he moved her from Yaoundé Street to Kagini area where she was butchered and her mutilated body packaged in two sacks that were later dumped by the river bank at Ushafa, in Bwari Area Council.

“He further confessed that he killed her because he wanted to take possession of her Acura ZDX SUV and other properties. The deceased’s car and some of her properties have been recovered from him.”

 

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