A
40-year-old man identified as Stephen Ogho-Oghene Akpata, has been arrested by
the Police in Bayelsa for allegedly stabbing his wife to death over alleged
infidelity.
The 33-year-old deceased, identified as Onyinye
Faustina Eze was reportedly a staff of Globacom Nigeria Limited.
According
to an eye witness, Osaro Akindele Okhomina, the suspect confessed that he
murdered his wife, after they both had sex at their residence along the Kpansia
area of Yenagoa, the State capital.
The suspect reportedly disclosed that he became
angered after he saw a text message on her phone indicating she was having an
extramarital affair.
He then confronted her and argument ensued, then
he stabbed her on the neck and on the shoulder leading to her death.
He also confessed to have served in various
detention centers in Australia.
The
40-year-old suspected murderer shared photos from their court wedding on social
media on 8th of August.
Police Commissioner in the State said Mr. Akpata
murdered his wife by strangling her with the cable of an electric iron. He then
also stabbed her with a knife.
The police chief said the incident became known
when one of Onyinye’s colleagues, Moses Awo, reported at Ekeki Police Division
in Yenagoa that Onyinye did not report for work as expected.
According to him, Mr. Awo had reportedly told
the police that when he and another colleague went to Onyinye’s residence in
Kpansia area of Yenagoa, they discovered that the apartment was locked. They also
found that the television set in her room was working.
Some
police officers from Ekeki Police Division in Yenagoa went to the deceased’s
apartment and forced her door open. They found Onyinye dead in a pool of her
blood.
According to Bayelsa Police Commissioner, Mr.
Akpata was the prime suspect in the murder.
He was arrested by police in Badagry, Lagos
State, after about two weeks on his trail.
Parading the suspect on Thursday at the state
command’s headquarters, Mr. Amba said that his operatives discovered that the
deceased room was scattered.
Mr. Amba said the exhibits recovered at the
scene of crime were a knicker; a pair of canvas shoes, one damaged electric
iron, one jean jacket, one pen knife, one pink singlet, a Nokia mobile phone
and a damaged wristwatch.
He said the exhibits were stained with blood.
The police chief said the body of the victim was
removed and deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, for
autopsy.
Narrating how the suspect was arrested, Mr. Amba
said that discreet investigations revealed that the suspect absconded to Ghana
after allegedly committing the murder in Yenagoa.
The commissioner, who said the suspect returned
to Badagry, Lagos a few days after, added that Mr. Akpata was tracked and
arrested in Badagry on September 1 and brought to Bayelsa the same day.
“When our operatives went into the apartment of
the deceased, we meticulously searched the environment and we saw a
three-quarter knicker that was well hidden, tucked somewhere in the room that
one would not suspect that something was hidden there.
“We discovered there was a blood stain on the
knicker. By this time, we tried to find out who was with the lady because we
knew that they had just contracted a registry marriage.
“We got in touch with Akpata who is the
purported husband. He gave us the impression that he was out of town, implying
that he travelled out of town before the incident.
“So, we were still communicating with him, at
least to break the news to him that his purported wife was dead. He told us he
was on his way back and this took us some days.
“As we were communicating with him, he was just
giving us the impression that he was coming back, not knowing that he was
plotting his own escape.
“We found out that prior to that time of her
murder, the suspect had spent so much money on the lady and they were moving
from one hotel to another.
“Still, we were playing along with him to enable
him to come to us. But since he said he was in Lagos, we suspected that Ghana or
Republic of Benin would be a likely point of escape.
“We got in touch with the embassies there and
the Ghanaian Embassy was on the alert. From our radar, we found out that he
slept in Ghana.
“He escaped back to Badagry in Lagos. He did not
know we were still following him up. We got in touch with the police in
Badagry. Eventually he was arrested at the Badagry border. So, we brought him
back,” Mr. Amba said.
Mr. Amba added that the police command got vital
information on him, particularly on his Facebook page where they saw many
pictures of him with his murdered wife during their court marriage.
He assured that the suspect would be charged to
court while the case would be diligently prosecuted as soon as investigations
were concluded.
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