54-Year-Old Man Beats His Girlfriend To Death For Burning Rice

Nkeruewen Etuk, a 54-year-old man in the murder of Esther Ndereke, has claimed that he beat Esther to death a few days earlier because she burned the rice she was making and nearly set their apartment on fire.

The suspect was thereafter taken into custody after the deceased slumped when they had a fight at his residence on Abasi Obori Street in the Calabar South Local Government Area on Tuesday, July 18.

The 54-year-old man declared that he never intended to harm Ms. Ndereke while being paraded before news reporters.

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“I became increasingly outraged by her failure to cook rice properly, which became a major point of contention between us. She almost burnt down the house while cooking. She didn’t add enough water before turning on the gas and she almost burnt down the house.

“When I asked her why she behaved that way, that was when we started arguing then I beat her up. I never intended to kill her. I have never had any serious issues with her for the past two years that we have been dating. Unfortunately, our altercation escalated, resulting in her tragic demise after she slumped during the fight. It was never my plan to kill her. I was only angry because she was careless and almost burnt down someone’s house,” he said.