- The CP called on parents to talk to their children about carefully choosing their friends not to fall into the hands wicked and dangerous persons.
- Accroding to the Police, preliminary investigation is in progress; the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department for discreet investigation.
Demain Okoligwe, a 400-level Petrochemical Engineering student at the University of Port Harcourt, has been taken into custody by the Rivers State police on suspicion of killing his fiancée and harvesting her organs at his home on NTA Road, Ozuoba, which is close to Port Harcourt.
The victim, Justina Otuene, was a UNIPORT 300-level undergraduate biochemistry student.
Emeka Nwonyi, the state commissioner of police, revealed this on Thursday in Port Harcourt while presenting the suspect to reporters.
According to Nwonyi, the suspect killed his girlfriend, took parts of her body purportedly for rituals, and hid the body in his apartment for days until one of his neighbours became suspicious and called the police after noticing a foul smell coming from the apartment.
Nwonyi stated, “On Wednesday, around 3.30pm, operatives of Ozuoba Division received a complaint from a good Samaritan of Road 20, back of NTA Ozuoba that he went to his house where one Demain Okoligwe, a fellow tenant, perceived a very bad odour and immediately rushed to the police station, where the DPO led detectives to the scene.
“On arrival, the door was forcefully opened, and a Ghana-must-go bag containing a lifeless body was recovered.
“Back to the station and in a search of the fleeing suspect and boyfriend of the decease, one Demain Okoligwe ‘m’ 24, a Petrochemical Engineering 400-level student of UNIPORT, boyfriend of the victim, occupant of the house, now the prime suspect who was seen last with the deceased, was arrested for an inquiry.
“The lifeless and butchered body of Justina Otuene ‘f’ 20, a Biochemistry 300-level student at UNIPORT was recovered and deposited at the mortuary.
“Preliminary investigation is in progress; the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department for discreet investigation.
The CP called on parents to talk to their children about carefully choosing their friends not to fall into the hands wicked and dangerous persons.