accused of stoning his 23-year-old girlfriend, Miss
Rosaline Christopher, to death.
The tragedy was said to have occurred
penultimate Sunday at 13, Academy Street,
Calabar, Cross River State. An eyewitness, who is
the landlady of the deceased, Miss Dorothy
Bassey, said Rosaline had a brawl with her
boyfriend, before he allegedly killed her.
Bassey said Rosaline, who lived with her aged
mother and siblings, had been in a relationship
with Ette for a while.
She said because of the frosty relationship
between the lovers in recent time, Rosaline's
mother stopped Ette from visiting her daughter.
"But even with the instruction from the old
woman, Ette kept sneaking in to see the girl
particularly at night," she added.
It was learnt that during one of such visits
penultimate Sunday, there was a
misunderstanding between the lovers, which
prompted the girl to ask Ette to leave.
Bassey said, "Rosaline did not know that Ette took
her phone away. After some time, her younger
sister, Nne, wanted to use the phone only for her
to find out that the phone was missing.
"That was when she discovered that Ette had
gone with the phone. Nne decided to go and look
for Ette so that she can get her sister's phone.
"But while Nne took the main exit and headed for
Target Street, Ette sneaked into the house through
the back door from Webber Street and Nne
missed him."
It was gathered that when Ette returned to the
house, an argument ensued between the lovers
resulting in a fight.
"She did not scream while they were struggling
because she wanted to send him away quietly
without attracting her mother's attention but that
was her mistake as Ette stepped out of the room,
got a stone and hit her with it," the landlady said.
She said when he realised that the girl was dead;
Ette allegedly attempted to dispose of the body by
throwing it over the fence.
Bassey said, "He carried her on his shoulder
towards the backyard and was trying to throw
the body over the fence. When the girl's mother
heard a strange noise at the backyard, she asked
Nne to find out what it was.
"But when Nne got to the backyard, she saw Ette
carrying her sister on his shoulder. Immediately
he sensed that he had been sighted, he
abandoned the corpse and fled.
"Since it was dark, a neighbour brought out a
torch and during a search, Rosaline's corpse was
found inside the gutter."
PUNCH Metro
learnt that her corpse had been taken to the
mortuary at the General Hospital, Calabar.
One of Ette's neighbours at 10, Anating Street,
Calabar, who craved anonymity, said the suspect
"hurriedly came here and packed some clothes
into a bag and left and has since not been seen."
When contacted, the Police Public Relations
Officer in the state, Mr. John Umoh, said the
matter which was reported at Atakpa Police
Station was being handled by the homicide unit
of the police.
"It will not be long before we get him, the
advisable thing for him to do is to come out of
hiding now," the PPRO said.
Culled from Punch
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