The police in Anambra State have arrested a man, Chima Ofoeke, who allegedly murdered his former girlfriend, Mmesoma Umeorini, in Uga, a group in Aguata Local Government Area of the state.
The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in an announcement on Saturday.
Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, stated the arrest adopted a report by the sufferer’s mom to the Divisional Police Officer in Umuchu Division that her daughter had been lacking since 16 October.
“Acting on intelligence-led information, police operatives, in collaboration with members of the Agunechemba security outfit in Uga, arrested the suspect, who was identified as the deceased’s alleged former boyfriend,” he stated.
The spokesperson stated the suspect, from Ebonyi State, confessed throughout preliminary investigation that he murdered the sufferer as a result of she broke up with him.
He stated the suspect subsequently led police detectives to the placement the place the stays of the deceased had been recovered.
Mr Ikenga stated the Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Nnanna Ama, has ordered that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department Awka, for “a comprehensive and diligent investigation.”
Mr Ama, in accordance with the assertion, reiterated the dedication of the police in the state to guard lives and property and urged members of the general public to promptly report instances of lacking individuals and different suspicious actions to the suitable authorities.
“Further developments will be communicated as the investigation progresses,” he assured.
Viral video clip
A video clip obtained by PREMIUM TIMES confirmed when safety operatives arrested the suspect and interrogated him.
In the clip, the suspect was holding a grimy sack which he confessed contained the body of his former girlfriend.
He additionally confessed that he murdered the sufferer on a Friday as a result of she ended their romantic relationship
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Asked how he murdered the sufferer, he responded in Igbo language: “I held her neck with her clothes and strangled her until she collapsed.”
Some voices in the background of the clip recommended that the sufferer’s body will need to have been reduce into items to enter the sack.
Prohibited in Nigeria
Murder is outlawed in Section 315 (6) of the Nigeria Criminal Code Act.
Offenders, on conviction, face dying sentence, part 319 (1) stated.
Several individuals have been sentenced to dying for homicide throughout the nation.
An Aiyetoro High Court in Ogun State, as an illustration, sentenced a man, Adelake Bara, to dying by hanging in June 2022, for taking pictures and killing one Olaleye Oke.
A excessive court docket in Lokoja, Kogi State, in January 2022, additionally sentenced a man, Muritala Dare to dying by hanging for stabbing his colleague to dying with a damaged bottle.
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