Nigerian Woman Strangled To Death By Her Ghanaian Ex-boyfriend In Italy

George Kyeremeh, a 34-year-old Ghanaian man, was detained by Carabinieri police in Milan, Italy, for reportedly killing his 25-year-old Nigerian ex-girlfriend, Blessing Tunde.

The suspect was apprehended by the Carabinieri homicide team in the early hours of Friday, June 11.

Blessing was discovered dead on May 12 in a green area beside a road in the Mazzo di Rho region of Milan, where sex workers reside.

The woman was strangled, according to an autopsy, by the long strands of the wig she wore, which were discovered wrapped around her neck.

She was earlier reported missing by her friend to the Novara police headquarters. The friend told the police that she last heard from Blessing on the phone around 1 pm on May 3 and she had said she was in Rho. However, all attempts to get in touch with her afterwards proved abortive.

It was gathered that Blessing in mid-April had broken up with the suspect after a year-long romantic relationship.

Friends and roommates described the Ghanaian as a jealous lover and both constantly quarrelled over other men in her life.

It was further learnt that after the breakup Geoerge tried to convince Blessing to come back to him, calling her several times between April 13 and May 3 and asking her friend to intercede for him.

A report by LaRepubblica claimed that the Nigerian woman was a commercial sex worker and was four months pregnant.

Milan Carabinieri police have placed the man in preventive custody at the order of preliminary investigations judge (GIP) Angela Laura Minerva.