Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested a thirty-one-year-old man, an indigene of Ebonyi state over alleged murder of his girlfriend.

In a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said the arrest followed a report by one Adebayo Aladesuyi who is a manager of a hotel in Ibafo revealing that during a routine check of the hotel room by the management, the dead body of the occupant of one of the rooms was discovered with bruises on her neck suggesting that she might have been strangulated.

Mr  Oyeyemi said the DPO, Ibafo division, Mr Jide Joshua had led his detectives to the scene and recovered the corpse to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Shagamu for post mortem examination.

According to him, preliminary investigation reveals that the deceased checked into the hotel with a man who sneaked out of the hotel after killing the woman.

He explained that, the technical and intelligence based investigation by the DPO led to unraveling of the identity of the suspect and was subsequently traced and apprehended by the detectives.

The PPRO noted that on interrogation, the suspect confessed checking into the hotel with the deceased and that they had a misunderstanding which led to physical assault between them. 

The suspect further confessed to have left the corpse of the deceased in the room and sneaked out of the hotel after she collapsed and gave up the ghost during the heated misunderstanding

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

He also appealed to hoteliers in the state to always have proper documentation of their customers in order to assist the police in such situation.

Francisca Irekpita

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