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I’m not ritualist, I choked her to dying out of worry – Suspected killer

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A 27-year-old male, Joseph Fekala, confessed to choking a girl throughout their argument that led to her dying in his condo in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.

Fekala, who hails from Ikibiri Neighborhood in Southern Ijaw Native Authorities Space of Bayelsa State, was arrested on Friday for allegedly strangling 26-year-old Kate Oguoh to dying on twenty eighth July 2022.

PRESSINFORMAT interviewed him on Monday throughout the parade by the Bayelsa State Police Command on the Yenagoa Police Headquarters.

In accordance with Fekala, who denied being a yahoo boy, “We acquired into an argument over the N50,000 she despatched to me for the suppose of foreign exchange commerce she wished to do, I attempted to elucidate that I spent the cash and can repay her however she angrily responded and pushed me, so I pushed her again and she or he fell on the mattress, and since I knew she was going to lift alarm and our neighbours will hear her voice so I held her throat and closed her mouth, and choked her to dying.”

He acknowledged that “on the primary of July I got here to Bayelsa State to do some upkeep in the home as a result of Kate met me in February that she wanted a spot to remain, based mostly on the truth that the particular person she wished to go stick with in Lagos didn’t work out, so she wanted the place to remain for 4 months.

“So I gave her one of many rooms, and I used to be staying within the parlour, in a two-bedroom flat. I simply acquired a job so I’ve to go away for Port Harcourt. I take advantage of to go to house to do some upkeep often. So on the primary of July once I got here we met and we’re discussing, so she informed me she wished to commerce foreign exchange since she knew some years again I used to commerce for myself.

“So I defined to her that one of the best I can do is train her methods to commerce, and never commerce for her due to the inconveniences in it. Later she left for her household home in Opolo and known as me to ship her my particulars, and she or he instantly despatched me N50,000.”

He continued “After I requested her the next day, she stated she wished me to commerce for her, so I reminded her that I don’t wish to be concerned so she insisted, so I accepted.

“So I requested her what she need from this factor and she or he stated no less than N20,000 each month, so I informed her no establishment or financial institution will supply that.

“So I requested her to ship her particulars so I can refund the money, so later began sending my colleagues on the workplace messages that I’m a scammer and legal.

“I attempted chatting her up however she received’t wish to hear, so I informed her I’ll come to Bayelsa State since we are able to’t settle the problem on cellphone. So I got here to Bayelsa this previous Monday, I acquired house late at round 9 pm, and I met her inside and tried speaking to her however she responded angrily again at me, I attempted to calm her however she received’t agree.

“I lay all the way down to relaxation and she or he was nonetheless elevating her voice at me for over 20 minutes so I slept off that day. The next day I made a decision to remain again for just a few extra days as a result of I didn’t wish to let it get to the listening to on my colleagues at work, and the probabilities of her doing that had been excessive.

“I got here again on Thursday, and when she noticed me, she was nonetheless offended. Then I pleaded together with her that she must be affected person with me, that I’ll increase the money and refund her with curiosity once I get my paycheck, so she stated even when she agrees it will likely be N20,000 curiosity. I declined that it was lower than one month and it received’t be potential, besides on the finish of August however she didn’t agree and she or he saved on speaking and pushing me that she was going to take care of me via her aunty who’s a police officer.

“After I observed she has given up, I went out to clear my head, as I used to be strolling a thought got here to me that I ought to simply bury the physique so every part will simply move. I borrowed a shovel round, I seemed for the portion of the home that wasn’t too laborious so dug it and left her contained in the pit.

“The worry of stepping into bother made me not report back to the police. I’m not a yahoo boy and I didn’t kill her for rituals.

“The next morning the mum got here round and stated she was searching for her daughter, and that was the primary time I noticed her, the daughter most likely gave her the spare key to the home. She got here the evening earlier than the incident however didn’t meet me.”