By Dickson Blessing
Thirty five years old Steven Anowa, from Njikoka Local Government Area in Anambra State, has been arrested for butchering 31-year-old Daniel Bassey Solomon, the brother of his girlfriend at his one-room apartment in Itu Street, Uyo, the state capital.
He confessed killing Solomon who hails from Uruan Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom state for a debt of 750,000 which he used in setting up a barbing saloon for him.
The Suspect had invited the deceased to his house feigning an urgent meeting, drugged his beer and tied his neck to a bed in the apartment, stabbed and cut his body into parts.
He said: “At about 3a.m, I decided to kill him. I gave him the first cut and the guy got up. I gave him a second one and then he died and I butchered him to parts.” He said he was riled because the deceased dared to raise his voice at him when he demanded payment of the N750,000 he purportedly loaned him over two years ago.
“We reported the matter to SARS about two years ago and he agreed on a time frame to pay up the N750,000, but till today, he has refused to pay the money. “So when I invited him to my house that day, he started shouting and getting angry with me, so I killed him. I am not dealing on body parts, I only cut him to pieces to be able to carry him.”
Retiring Akwa Ibom State Police Commissioner, Mr. Gabriel Achong, who was conceivably performing his last official job, said the culprit confessed to have committed the act after inviting his friend, Solomon, to his house. Unknown to Solomon, who dozed off after gulping the bottle of beer, the suspect had spiked the drink. Anowa admitted that he called his victim on phone for an urgent meeting in his house
