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.
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