A 40-year-old woman, Helen Okeke, aka Mama Chinedu, who was accused of slitting her neighbour’s throat with a knife in the Ikota, Ajah area of Lagos State, has said she is possessed by a spirit. The Okigwe, Imo State indigene, said she never knew that Rosemary died until when she was arrested by the police.
Okeke said the victim had challenged her to a fight on the fateful day while she was in her room.She said she never wanted to come out until “a spirit” entered into her room and pushed her out. I cannot explain what happened next. I have never had this kind of experience in my life. It was while I was at the police station that they said she was dead.I need forgiveness from Rosemary and her family. I want people to learn from my example that fighting is not good,” she said.
Okeke, who said she was unmarried and had a son out of wedlock, asked the family of the deceased to forgive her, as she was not in control of herself during the incident.
On Wednesday last week, Rosemary, who was reportedly preparing for her wedding, returned home and observed that the clothes she spread on her door had been soiled with urine.She was said to have suspected Okeke and reported to the landlady who pacified her. However, some minutes after meeting with the landlady, neighbours were said to have been jolted by a sudden cry for help.
Okeke was alleged to have slit Rosemary’s neck with a knife during a brawl and was found with a blood-stained knife at the scene of the crime. Rosemary was said to have died on her way to the hospital. The matter, which was reported at the Ajah Police Division, Ajiwe, was later transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.
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