A Justice of the Peace’s court docket in Enugu State has remanded Chibuike Okpara, the 30-year-old man who allegedly killed his girlfriend and hid her physique in a bathroom within the state.
PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the police within the state arrested the suspect for killing the sufferer on 19 September in his residence at Olympic Layout, One-Day Area of Enugu State.
The sufferer has been recognized as Chinyere Ugwu, a 27-year-old graduate of Medical Laboratory Science.
The sufferer just lately concluded her obligatory one-year National Youth Service Corps in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Arraignment and remand
Mr Okpara was arraigned earlier than the Justice of the Peace’s court docket on Friday, Daniel Ndukwe, the police spokesperson in Enugu State stated in a press release on Saturday.
Mr Ndukwe, a superintendent of police, stated the arraignment of the defendant adopted the conclusion of investigations into his offences.
The spokesperson stated the defendant stated the court docket subsequently remanded the defendant within the correctional facility.
“The court also ordered the transmission of the case file to the attorney-general of Enugu State through the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for review and legal advice,” he stated.
He didn’t point out the actual court docket the place the defendant was arraigned and remanded.
Mr Ndukwe didn’t reply to a PREMIUM TIMES enquiry despatched to him on Saturday evening searching for to know the precise court docket the place the arraignment happened.
The spokesperson stated the Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Bitrus Giwa, has reaffirmed the command’s dedication to combating violent crime and making certain the immediate prosecution of offenders.
Mr Giwa additionally urged younger folks, notably ladies, to train warning of their relationships and stay alert to potential indicators of violence.
Background
Mr Okpara was arrested on 19 September for killing the sufferer and concealing her physique in his residence at Olympic Layout, One-Day Area of Enugu State.
The suspect later confessed that he killed the sufferer over an argument that he contaminated her with HIV.
The suspect claimed he dumped the physique of the deceased in the bathroom as a result of he didn’t know what to do on the time.
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He stated neighbours who later perceived offensive odour oozing from the sufferer’s corpse pressured their approach into the residence and noticed the physique.
Mr Okpara additional confessed that, to stop her household from calling her cellphone, he broken her cell phone and her SIM card too.
The suspect recalled that he met the lady buddy on Facebook in 2023 earlier than he determined to relocate from Owerri in Imo State to Enugu in December 2025.
He later claimed that he killed the sufferer as a result of he was underneath the affect of medicine on the time.
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