Why I killed my mistress, by suspect

Why`did 31-year-old Kenechukwu Williams kill his mistress, Njideka Lizzy Nzewi, the Managing Director of Edmark International, a networking company?

The suspect said in Lagos yesterday that he killed the woman for cheating on him.

Williams spoke at the Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja, where he was paraded by Commissioner Umar Manko. He, however, described the act as “the devil’s work”.

The suspect, who is wanted in South Africa for another murder case, allegedly strangled Nzewi (39), on July 19 at her Green Estate in Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos home.

Williams, who deals in second-hand clothes in Accra, Ghana, said he met the late Nzewi in 2011 during her business trip to the country.

“We met again last year in Nnewi, Anambra State, at a function. I re-introduced myself to her and we got talking. We agreed after some few months to date and that was how we started”, he said.

Manko said on July 19, Williams strangled Nzewi and fled to Ghana with her Range Rover Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) and other valuables.

“When the matter was reported, the Commander, Area ‘E’ Command, FESTAC, Mr Dan Okoro, an Assistant Commissioner (ACP), contacted Interpol which trailed the suspect to Ghana where he was arrested. But he had obtained a new international passport with the surname of the woman. He was already leaving Ghana when he was arrested at the border,” the police chief said.

Reliving how he strangled his mistress, Williams said: “She came home late that evening and while we were together in her room, her phone started ringing. I asked her to pick the call but she refused. The name of the caller was Ifeanyi and I knew he was not her brother. When she refused, I picked the call and put it on speaker. Immediately, the caller said ‘hello dear’, apparently thinking she was the one. She angrily took the phone from me and switched it off. I collected the phone and smashed it on the floor.

“She angrily slapped me and I retaliated. She held my manhood tightly; I was in severe pains. To free myself, I held a wrapper hanging on her neck and tried to strangle her. As we were struggling, we both fell on her bed and later on the floor. I discovered she was no longer breathing and out of fear I decided to escape”.

The suspect said he left her body on the floor, took her ATM card and the keys to her car, adding: “Together with the security guard, we drove to a bank at FESTAC Town around 3am the next day. I withdrew N140,000. Realising that it would be risky to go back home as her elder brother would come into the house around 7am, I dismissed the security man and headed for Seme border and finally, Ghana.”

The late Nzewi’s security guard, John Tungwin, said: “When Williams woke me up, I did not know he had finished packing his things into the car. He gave me my madam’s ATM card and asked me to go and withdraw N100,000, adding that he was going to club. After giving him the money when I returned from the bank, he asked me to open the gate that he was going to pick one of his friends that would go with them, adding that madam was complained of weakness.

“At that point, I suspected something was wrong. Around 10am, madam’s daughter, Chineye went into her room but nobody opened the door for her. I went to the next compound, carried a ladder and climbed to madam’s room. Fortunately the window was open. I looked in and saw madam’s lifeless body on the floor. I came down, called the house maid and told her what I saw. I could not tell her children. I then called her elder brother who also came, saw and then called the police”.

The brother, Christian Mekwulu, claimed the suspect killed his sister because of money.

Manko advised single women to be carefull when entering into any relationship with strange men, particularly younger ones.