A man, Emmanuel Douglas Okpongete, has choked to death his tenant’s boyfriend, Arnold Ogboru, during an altercation over spare keys in Akwa Ibom.
WuzupNaija gathered that Okpongete had sublet an apartment to the deceased’s girlfriend but kept the spare keys and frequently enters the lady’s apartment behind her.
However, the matter got to a head when Ogboru visited his girlfriend, one Calista, and Okpongete entered her flat without her consent.
Sister of the deceased, Mrs Miranda Ese Ogboru, who narrated the incident on Facebook, said that Calista confronted her landlord and an argument ensued which led to a fight and the subsequent death of Ogboru.
Mrs. Miranda Okpongete is currently on the run and she seeks help in tracking him down.
She wrote
“Okpongete Killed my brother, Arnold, last night, and he is now on the run. All efforts by the police to get to him, have proven abortive.
There was an altercation between them after Arnold tried to talk to him about invading his girlfriend’s privacy. Arnold’s girlfriend is the tenant to Okpongete. And she told us this story.
She told my family that Okpongete, a 26-year-old native of Uyo Itam, Akwa Ibom state, had refused to hand over the spare keys of her apartment to her and constantly goes into her flat when she is not around.
Arnold was visiting Akwa Ibom for the first time, to pursue a dredging business, his girlfriend Calista serves in Akwa Ibom as well. So they went to a resort together and decided to go back to her flat afterward.
On getting there, they found the shirt of Okpongete in her room. Calista told my brother that she had no idea how it got there and she confronted Okpongete on why he had gone into her flat again to drop his shirt.
He replied, however, saying it is his apartment and he can do what he likes. My brother watched the whole altercation between his girlfriend and Okpongete (who is now the owner of the house following his father’s death).
Arnold then decided to approach him and get him to hand over the spare keys to his girlfriend, however, he became extremely angered and began to insult Arnold. That led to the fight between them.
While the fight was going on the gateman of the compound held Calista down to prevent her from separating the fight. Okpongete hit my brother’s head against the gate and he fell.
Then he went ahead to stay on top his body and began to choke him till he became lifeless. When he saw he was lifeless, they all ran away. A doctor later declared him dead after Calista rushed him to the hospital.”
