Woman kills partner over ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ proceeds in Imo

A 27-year-old woman, Oluchi Nzemechi, has been arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing her partner to death.

The woman who hails from Uzoagba in Ikeduru Council Area of Imo state, stabbed her partner, Kelechi Nzemechi, for refusing to give her a share of the 250 million Rupiah obtained from their victim in Indonesia through Internet fraud.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Imo State Command, Mr Henry Okoye, told newsmen in Owerri on Monday that the suspect had allegedly confessed to the crime.

“Operatives of the Imo State Police Command through painstaking investigation have arrested a 27-year-old young lady, named Oluchi Nzemechi ‘f’, of Uzoagba in Ikeduru LGA of Imo State, for stabbing her partner, Kelechi Nzemechi, ‘m’, 31yrs, to death.

“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime, admitting that her lover lured her into internet fraud aka ‘yahoo yahoo’.

“That on 02/06/2024, she had a heated argument with him for failing to give her a cut of an alleged 250 Million Rupiah they fraudulently obtained from a victim in Indonesia, during which she used a kitchen knife and stabbed him on the upper part of his body.”

“The suspect further revealed that in a bid to cover up her criminal acts, she swiftly wrote on a piece of paper; ‘you think you can eat my money and go free, I am baba for the boys, I am coming for your wife and your child including your family’ and placed it on the lifeless body of the victim and ran away from the house. She also stated that she has been living with the victim since 2019 and has a child for him.

“Effort is intensified to recover the alleged 250 million Indonesia Rupiah for a possible return to the owner. The suspect is currently undergoing an investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department and will certainly be arraigned in court,” the police spokesman said.