Stephen
Akpata, a Nigerian who used to live in Australia, has been arrested by the
police for allegedly strangling his new wife, Onyinye Eze, Bayelsa Commissioner
of Police, Asuquo Amba, has said.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the
33-year-old victim was an employee of Globacom Nigeria Limited.
The Delta State born Mr. Akpata, popularly
called Bishop, who claimed in a statement that he was 40 years old, allegedly
on August 16, 2017 killed the woman in her Yenagoa residence.
Police doubted Mr. Akpata’s age as he also
claimed that he had spent 27 years in Australia, meaning that he went there
when he was 13 years-old.
The Police Commissioner 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 Mr. Amba, 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.
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.
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.
- Premium Times
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