One Sarah Nwankpo has allegedly stabbed her friend to death over demand for sex in Rivers State.
The incident happened at Obiri-Ikwerre in Igbodike Anthony, Port Harcourt, the state capital on December 22, 2023.
The suspect has since been arrested by the police and currently detained at the Rivers State Criminal Investigation Department.
The 26-year-old confessed to stabbing the deceased in his apartment after an argument ensued between them over more sex.
Sarah is a Senior Secondary School 3 drop-out who left her hometown in Ezza South Local Government in Ebonyi State, in 2016, in search of greener pastures.
The incident, as gathered, occurred four months after she moved into Port Harcourt. She claimed that the deceased had been pestering her to visit him.
She said: “I met him (late Igbodike ) in 2017, in Enugu. When I left my hometown, I went to Enugu where I had two children for a man. I left Enugu for Port Harcourt in August 2023.
“In Port Harcourt, I started dating a man, Joe Ibanga. But I always received calls from Anthony, inviting me to come visit him. Sometimes he sent me money for transport. But I declined because of my relationship with Ibanga.
“On December 22, 2023, he called again and invited me to come over to his place.
“I took an Okada (commercial motorbike) from my residence in Aluu, to meet with Anthony at Kilimanjaro, by Choba junction. He paid the okada rider N500.”
She further stated that she accompanied him to pay his staff their salary for December.
Continuing, she said: “Thereafter, he took me out for shopping on groceries. We went to his apartment at Mercy-land extension, Obiri-Ikwerre. He told me to prepare a meal for him. He had his shower, ate and we had sex. We recorded the sessions for keeps.”
During discussion, she opened up on her affairs with Ibanga but “he laughed at the idea of me dealing with the challenges of raising children and struggling with a relationship that was not financially rewarding.
He offered to help me out of poverty if I discontinued my relationship with Ibanga and married him instead.
He assured me he would offer me a job in his establishment in January 2024 and that he would make me a Manager at his firm. I agreed to visit him again after a week so that we could begin plans to live our lives together.”
However, she stated that a few minutes later, the zeal to settle down with Anthony wilted quickly and spurring her to make known her intention his house that evening.
She said: “When I informed him about the sudden change in feeling, he suggested we go to a club and buy shawarma. But I refused, insisting that I wanted to go home.
“After much persuasion from him to spend the night with him, I agreed. I put on one of his pairs of shorts and a shirt and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner for us.
“When he finished eating, he told me to caress him. I obliged but later opted out when he demanded sex. I told him I was no longer comfortable.
“My rejection provoked him. He told me to dress up and leave his house. By then it was 10 p.m. I refused to leave and stood up to challenge him. A verbal war ensued.
“He slapped me. I reacted and a fight ensued. He locked the door, picked up a walking cane and threatened to beat me with it.
“In my confused state, I dialed my boyfriend’s number (Ibanga) and tried to explain to him what was happening and begged him to come for my help. But he hung up and never called back.
“Anthony held me as I tried to open the door. I screamed for help, but no one heard me let alone to rescue me. During the fight, he dropped the walking cane. I reached out for it and noticed that it had a detachable holding head.
“I quickly detached the head and saw that a dagger was attached to it. As he charged at me, I stabbed him with the dagger,” she said.
