How I killed my lady friend — 41- year-old spare parts dealer

 last week, we reported the
case of 41-year-old Festus Aimufua who allegedly
murdered his lady friend, Ms Rose Aifuwa, on
Christmas Day. Aifuwa, a mother of four, was based
in Austria but returned to Nigeria with her Austrian
passport last December to celebrate the Yuletide
with her family. According to the deceased family,
Festus allegedly killed their daughter because the
deceased was requesting for the money allegedly
owed her by the suspect.
They alleged that on that Christmas Day, their
daughter insisted that Festus should pay the money
but the suspect ran away from the deceased
residence, hitting her with his car. It was said that the
suspect dragged the deceased under the car till he
got to Upper Mission Extension junction where he
dumped the mangled body. After the incident, the
Austrian government contacted the Nigeria Police
and demanded that the matter be properly
investigated since the deceased was an Austrian
citizen.
Ever since the incident, the police in Edo State has
been conducting their investigation and the suspect
confessed to have committed the murder, though
unknowingly. Sunday Vanguard spoke to the suspect
on Friday and he expressed regret for killing a
woman who, according to him, he loved. He,
however, denied owing the deceased, asserting that
the only business he had with her was in February
last year and he paid for the goods.
He narrated: “ I am 41 years old and a motor spare
parts dealer. I did not kill her. It happened on the
25th of December very early in the morning. There
is one boy that help me to pack my goods, the boy
was with me. After I dropped my family, I now
decided to go and drop the boy. On getting to Upper
Mission junction, she called me and asked if I didn’t
know that, that day was watch night, and that if I
would come to see her. I said I was coming.
Immediately I turned my car and drove down to her
shop, she had a bar. On getting there I saw some
boys there drinking. I called the sales girl there and
told her to give everybody drink. The drink
amounted to N1,800. Among the boys there one of
them knew me, so bought me one bottle. So I told
my lady friend that I needed to go and drop the boy
with me as he was drunk. I promised her that I will
come back. That was how she allowed me go.