“I told Augusta not to leave me after I accidentally killed her during a struggle over a knife” – Influencer Killaboi tells Lagos courtroom

Nigerian influencer Benjamin Nnayerugo, popularly generally known as Killaboi, has advised a Lagos State High Court that he by accident killed his girlfriend, Augusta Onuwaghagbe, throughout a battle over a knife.

Testifying earlier than Justice Ibironke Harrison, Killaboi, who’s standing trial over the 21-year-old former Lead City University pupil’s passing, claimed the incident adopted an argument over messages he discovered on her telephone.

According to him, the disagreement escalated after he insulted Augusta’s mom, prompting her to select up a steak knife and threaten him.

He claimed Augusta injured each his fingers in the course of the confrontation whereas he refused to launch her telephone.

“We dragged the knife for about 10 minutes. She was holding on to the handle while I held the tip,” he advised the courtroom.

Killaboi mentioned he ultimately gained management of the knife, however Augusta sustained an damage to her abdomen in the course of the battle and collapsed.

He claimed he instantly tried to save lots of her by overlaying the wound with a towel to cease the bleeding.

“I told her not to die and that I won’t break up with her again,” he recounted.

His account varieties a part of his testimony within the ongoing trial.