An Uyo based lady, Lauretta Anoh has been arrested by men of the Nigerian Police Force for killing her boyfriend and escaping with his Mercedes Benz 4matic and the particulars of the car.
According to a press release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko McDon, over #2.9million was also recovered from the suspect who revealed that she stole the money from the deceased.
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The police release also states that the suspect was making arrangements to change papers of the vehicle to her personal property before her arrest.
Further investigations by ait.live reveal that the victim, identified as Chikoka Emeka, is the only son of his parents, an importer of goods, a husband and a father of 3 children.
At the deceased resident in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, Ofonime Ephraim, who is the gateman of the deceased disclosed that Chikoka and Lauretta have been dating for over two years before the sad incident.
However, the deceased neighbor has appealed to the police to ban the use of tinted glass vehicles by private individuals on the grounds that the gateman would have noticed that it was not the deceased that drove out when he opened the gate in the morning.
The corpse has been deposited at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital for autopsy.
(Editor: Abaje Usekwe)
