Tina Amanda
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a man identified as Kelechi who fled days before co-tenants at Woke street, off Cherubim road, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt, discovered the decomposing body of his female lover, Ifeoma Uzoigwe popularly called “Oyibo” in her room sometime in December 2021.
In an interview with our correspondent, the caretaker of the compound, Chinonye Anurum, said he was called by Nkpolu Police Division, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt on Thursday 20 January 2022, and was later taken to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCID) where he wrote another statement different from the first statement he wrote in December when he reported the incident to Nkpolu Police Division.
Anurum disclosed that the suspect was arrested by Nkpolu Police Division with the help of his family members who trailed him to his hideout almost one month after the incident.
Meanwhile, the Centre For Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign has commended the role played by members of the suspect family which led to his arrest.
A lawyer with the Human Rights Group, in an interview, said the manner in which the suspect fled before co-tenants discovered his female lover dead boby is suspicious while calling for a discrete investigation to ascertain what caused the death of late Ifeoma Uzoigwe.
Recall that in December last year, co-tenants of late Ifeoma Uzoigwe had discovered her decomposing body in her room, four days after the male lover fled with their 18-month-old daughter.
