Murder suspect surrenders himself to police custody

ayodele johnson

January 13, 2016 6:06 AM

Concerning his reason for the atrocity, the suspect claims, “There is this spirit that sometimes takes control of me and asks me to do things.”

Solomon Arase, Inspector General of Police

A thirty-one years old man has turned himself in to the Nigeria Police Force after confessing to committing two murders.

Chukwunyere Chimezie, before the crimes was the manager at a company producing sachet water owned by Mrs. Towechi Ejike Nmezi (now deceased).

The murder suspect confessed that he strangled Nmezi on July 21, 2012 around 08:00 PM and bolted with her BlackBerry phone.

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He also admitted to doing the same to his brother whom he had lived with in 2015.

Concerning his reason for the atrocity, he makes this claim, “There is this spirit that sometimes takes control of me and asks me to do things.”

“This spirit was asking me to commit suicide. But I met a man of God who delivered me. I made a confession to him and turned myself over to the Police.”

DSP, Ezekiel Onyeke, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Abia State told newsmen that the suspect turned himself over to the Police on December 8, 2015.

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