Police arrest boyfriend for alleged murder of Akwa Ibom makeup artist
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 32-year- vintage man, Ndifreke Isaiah Nelson for the alleged homicide of his girlfriend, Emem Monday Effanga.
Emem, an Uyo- primarily based totally make-up artist and guitarist, Fioke’s sister become allegedly strangled and overwhelmed to d3ath through the accused on February 6, 2025.
Spokesperson of the command, DSP Timfon John, who disclosed this in a declaration on Monday, March 17, 2025, stated a telecellsmartphone belonging to the deceased, become recovered from the suspect.
According to the PPRO, Ndifreke confessed to having strangled Emem together along with his arms and struck her head at the ground with fist blows earlier than fleeing together along with her telecellsmartphone .
“Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested one Ndifreke Isaiah Nelson, ‘m’, 32, for the alleged homicide of his girlfriend, Emem Monday Effanga, ‘f’, 39, and stealing her cellular telecellsmartphone after committing the crime,” the declaration read.
“Sometime in February 2025, the Command acquired a file that the deceased become discovered useless in her condominium beneathneath suspicious circumstances.
” Upon arrival on the scene, operatives determined seen marks of violence on her face and neck, suggesting she have been strangled and overwhelmed to d3ath.
“The scene become processed, proof documented, and the frame become evacuated to the hospital, wherein she become showed clinically d3ad through clinical personnel. The corpse become thereafter deposited on the mortuary for maintenance and autopsy.
“Following fast investigations, detectives traced the closing individual visible with the deceased to be Ndifreke Isaiah Nelson, who had visited her house on sixth February 2025, the morning of his birthday.
“The suspect become later tracked to a church in Uyo, wherein he tried to break out upon sighting police operatives however become rapidly pursued and apprehended.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to journeying the sufferer that morning and traumatic to apply her telecellsmartphone to take photos for his celebration on social media.
“When she refused, a conflict ensued, all through which he overpowered her, strangled her together along with his arms , and struck her head at the ground with fist blows, leaving her subconscious earlier than fleeing together along with her telecellsmartphone .
“One Itel Super Phone, belonging to the deceased, become recovered from him on the time of arrest.
“A autopsy exam has been conducted, and the reason of d3ath has been formally documented through a pathologist. The suspect may be charged to court.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, fsi, has confident that justice may be served and warned in opposition to all sorts of home violence and crook acts.
“He urges the general public to stay protection aware and file suspicious sports to the Police.”
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