The duo had been dating for
some time, but had a disagreement over mutual suspicion of infidelity. A woman, identified as Boma Mac-Pepple, has
been declared wanted by the police for allegedly killing her lover, Nathan
Okojaja, aka Junior, in Opobo town, in the Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of
Rivers State.
On Monday, May 9, Okojaja
allegedly challenged the suspect for cheating on him. Mac-Pepple also accused
him of cheating on her with her friend, one Sarah.
The disagreement
degenerated into a fight, with Mac-Pepple allegedly sustaining injuries.
The suspect immediately
took to Facebook around 10.44am same day, calling on her friends to help her
locate Okojaja so she could bring him to justice for attacking her.
“Any one that sees this boy
should not hesitate to call my line 08119**** or 0808280****because every
criminal or cult member must be brought to justice, for any crime he committed.
“You won’t regret giving me
information. Thanks. Do that for my life…my life is in your hands now,” she had
said in the Facebook post where she also pasted the picture of the victim.
Some of her friends had
teased her on the reason for the search, saying they were two lovers who always
reconciled after disagreements.
She later posted a picture
of the injuries she claimed was inflicted on her left ear by Okojaja.
A relative, one Peeclaire,
who doubted the photo, demanded more proofs, saying he could take the matter
“personal.”
Another relative, Miller,
however, said he knew the duo were lovebirds, accusing her of making up the
allegation against the deceased.
To convince Miller, she
noted the reason for the scuffle in a series of comments edited by our
correspondent.
“We were not having issues.
Yesterday (Sunday), I was coming back from Aunty Felicia’s house around past
7am. I met Junior (Okojaja). He asked me where I was coming from. I asked him
what right he had to ask. You know Sarah? You can ask who that girl is to him.
As I finished talking, what I could realise was that I was bleeding.
“I want to tell you
something. Don’t judge people by their appearance. You don’t know what they can do. You know I
don’t discriminate against people. A cult member is a cult member. You don’t
know what they can be able to do. Someone that can do this kind of thing, can
as well kill you,” she said.
The suspect found the
victim around 10.30pm and stabbed him to death.
Since Okojaja’s death was
announced, the lover had stopped commenting on the social media and was alleged
to have fled.
Her relatives, in follow-up
comments on Facebook, condemned her action and declared that they were
searching for her.
When our correspondent
contacted her, the phone rang out several times.
After a text message was
sent to her, requesting her side of the story, she switched off and became
unreachable.
The state Police Public
Relations Officer, Omoni Nnamdi, confirmed the incident, adding that the police
had launched a manhunt for the suspect.
He said, “They were lovers
and they had a disagreement, which resulted in a fight. The young man was
killed in the process. We are already searching for her.”
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