A man has told the horrifying tale of the murder of his fiancee by her ex boyfriend in cold blood The man, identified as Uchechukwu Orji,
made the revelation while standing in as a prosecution witness, in the
ongoing murder charge of one Ijoma Orji told a Lagos State High Court sitting at Igbosere how Ijoma was murdered by her ex-boyfriend.
According to Vanguard, Ijoma got missing
January 10, 2013, before it was discovered that her ex-boyfriend,
Ifeanyi Christian, murdered her.
Orji, who was led in evidence by Lagos
State prosecuting counsel, Mrs A. A. Saromi, said that he had gone to
Ijoma’s family’s house over his intentions to marry the deceased and
that they had introduction formalities leading to their engagement.
He said that the late Ijoma, who was 26
year old, came back from the East in January 2013, after travelling in
December 2012 for the Christmas and New Year’s celebrations.
She came to his house and while they
were discussing, her phone kept ringing and she refused picking the
call. The witness further stated that when he asked her who the caller
was, she replied that the caller was just a friend and that out of
curiosity, he kept asking her who the caller was.
Orji said after much pressure, Ijoma
later told him that the call was that of her ex-boyfriend, Ifeanyi
Christian. He also said that the late Ijoma informed him that the
defendant wanted her to come and see him, but that she refused. He said
he ensured that she took a bike from his place down to Alakija Bus Stop
and kept calling her while she was on her way to be sure that she gets
home.
According to him, the deceased
coincidentally met her sister at the bus stop and informed him that she
was with her sister, whom he asked her to give the phone to so that he
could speak with her, which she did and then ended the call since he had
been able to confirm that she was in a safe hands.
Orji, who was testifying before Justice
Oluwatoyin Taiwo, said that the next day, which was a Saturday, he
started calling her line from 4p.m. till about 7p.m., but that there was
no response. So he felt that she was busy and decided to give her some
time because she was a food vendor and was probably attending to
customers.
He said: “At
about 10p.m., when I called her line again and did not get any
response, I became very apprehensive, I then called Ijoma’s sister, who
told me that she might probably be busy.
“When she checked and did not see the deceased, she called me back to inform me that she could not find her sister.
“We
started searching for her that night and when we could not find her, we
went back home and continued the search on Sunday morning.”
Orji also told the court that during the
Sunday search, he met with one of her friends named Joy and inquired
from her if she knew the whereabouts of Ijoma. Joy told them that Ijoma
had informed her that she was going to give the defendant a bottle of
acid he kept with her.
The witness said he then asked Joy where
the defendant resides and what he does for a living. Joy pointed at a
shop located at Aspanda in Trade Fair complex and said that the
defendant was not around but that the next day being a Monday, he should
be there.
He said: “On
Monday, I saw other people in their shops but I went straight to where I
was directed to and I met an elderly man whom I asked about Ifeanyi.
“He
told me that I should go to the shop. Wen I went there, I did not see
him, so I went back to meet the man. He then asked me to sit and wait
till when Ifeanyi will come. As I was waiting, the man asked me if there
was a problem and I said yes there was.
“I then asked the elderly man if the defendant brought a girl to his house, but he said no.”
Orji said he further asked the elderly
man, a spare parts dealer and the defendant’s boss, if he uses acid to
wash his toilet and he said no.
While they were discussing, the
defendant was approaching them. The the elderly man asked the witness to
hold Ifeanyi firmly, that he tried running away from the house.
The elderly man, according to the
witness, said that he had to call the defendant’s brothers to ask him
why he was trying to run away from the house.
The witness also said that the elderly
man told him that he was not aware of what was happening, as he then
called on the security people at Aspanda to arrest the defendant so that
he would not escape.
He was taken to Festac Police Station.
The witness said that before the defendant was taken to the police
station he had informed them that the late Ijoma was at Festac Police
Station but that when they got there, the deceased was not there.
That was when the defendant told them that she was dead, and they later saw her corpse on the road side.
However Justice Taiwo adjourned the case to October 24, for continuation of trial.
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