29-yr-old man murders jealous widowed landlady after marrying new wife

The Rivers State Police Command paraded a 29-year-old man identified as Ugochukwu Arugo who allegedly killed his jealous lover (who happens to be his widowed landlady) with a kitchen pestle for being jealous at his new wife.

During his confessional statement Arugo, a welder in Aluu community, Ikwerre Local Government said he had been in an amorous relationship with his landlady Mrs. Ngozi Igwe ever since she lost her husband.

Things however went sour when he traveled to his village and brought back his newly married wife.

Arugo said his landlady was angry that he had the audacity to bring his new wife to live with him in her house.

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“I am here because I committed a crime. I am 29 years old. I did it unknowingly and I never knew it would be like this. It is my landlady, whom I am dating in Aluu Community that I killed,” he said.

Continuing, Arugo added that; “When I went to my village and married, I brought my wife to the yard, my landlady started quarreling with me. She said why would I marry without informing her? I started having problem with her because of my wife. I did not let my wife know about it.

“When we had problem late in the night, as we were quarreling, I used mortar pestle and hit her head, she fell down and died.”

Confirming the incident, Ahmed Zaki the Commissioner of Police, said investigations into the matter were still ongoing and the suspect would be charged to court as soon as findings were concluded.

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