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A married man identified as Douglas Tamunokopo has been arrested and taken to court for killing his girlfriend, Abigail Udo over her decision to terminate her pregnancy without his consent.
Later Abigaial, TheNewsGuru learnt, was in a romantic relationship with Tamunokopo without knowing that he was married with children and that his family resided in Rivers State.
Upon discovery, Abigail was said to have terminated the pregnancy despite a heated argument with Douglas who insisted she kept it.
The development, however, led to a heated argument that degenerated into a fight between lovers.
A source said after the fight, the defendant left for work, while Abigail was left in the room.
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“When Abigail did not come out of the defendant’s room, we became suspicious, and when we found our way inside Douglas’ room, we saw the deceased sitting on a chair, with a rope hung on a nail on the wall, and tied around her neck,” one of the neighbours told our correspondent.
Tamunokopo was later arrested and charged to court for allegedly killing Abigail.
The charge sheet partly read, “That you, Douglas Tamunokopo, on September 1, 2016, around 3pm, at the Mogadishu Barracks, Abuja, in the Abuja Judicial Division, did cause the death of your girlfriend, Udo Abigail, by strangulating her to death.”
The prosecutor, Wale Adeagbo, said that the offense was punishable under Section 221 of the Penal Code.
However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Zephaniah told the court that on September 1, 2016, while on duty, there was a distress call from Mogadishu Barracks that an incident had happened there.
The officer said, “The officer in charge of the Homicide Section mobilised a team of police officers with me as an investigating police officer, to the scene where the incident occurred.
“There was a scene of purported suicide committed by a young lady. When the room of the accused person was opened, I saw a young lady seated on a plastic chair, with a rope of multiple entanglements tied to her neck, and a rope tied to a five-inch nail on the wall.
“The scene was photographed, the fingerprint was lifted, and the rope untied from the neck of the body. The corpse was thereafter moved to the National Hospital for examination. We approached the naval base of the defendant seeking his whereabouts, and we were told he was with them.”