20-yr-old student arrested for conniving with his friends to k#ll his stepmom over N1m in Anambra

A 20-year-old student, Ekenedilichukwu Okeke, has narrated how he connived with his friends to k#ll his stepmom for refusing to give him N1million for school fees.

He was among the 20 suspects paraded by the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, on Friday in Awka, the state capital.

Okeke had on September 28, 2022, in company with his gang members k#lled his stepmom, one Mrs. Theresa Okeke, 54, an accountant with the National Population Commission, Awka.

Speaking to Newsmen, he said: “I had problem with my stepmom and I wanted her to give me N1m, but she said no. After sometime, I pleaded with her and she agreed to give me. I wanted her to give me the money to pay my school fees.

I had to arrange for some of my friends to come and help me to extract the money from her. They came at night ti£d her hands and leg to force her to give me the money, but in the process, she stopped talking. Before we knew it, she was de@d.”

Also speaking, one of the accomplices, Peter Jideofor, said they did not get any money from her because she did not disclose her ATM pin number.

“Okeke said he was having issues with his stepmother and that I should help him to settle the problem and extract N1m from her to enable him pay his school fees in the university. I actually know him on the street because I do music and he also does music.

When we got to his stepmother’s house at about 2am, one of the guys ti£d her hands and legs and when she wanted to shout, I personally covered her mouth and called the other one to bring something to ti£ her mouth.

After tying her mouth, she stopped breathing and we had to quickly left because we did not come to k#ll her. Later in the morning, he called us that the woman was de@d. Some of us ran away but I did not run. I only stayed inside room till they arrested me,” he said.