As Homicide squad exhume body murdered woman buried in boyfriend’s
room…
It may look weird. But the circumstances of the murder
of Ozigie Betty Nwovueze, 32 years old, in Wimpy area of
Rumuepricom, Port Harcourt is one of most the gory killings in
recent times.
Residents watch in awe and bewilderment as detectives from
the homicide department of the of the State Criminal Investigation Department,
SCID, exhume the already decomposing body of the woman who Prince Owabie
alias J-Boy may had referred to in the past as love of his life, but which he
later murdered and buried the corpse in his room to cover up the crime.
J-Boy, 34 years old, was handcuffs and amidst heavy security led
police detectives to his room where the fast decomposing corpse was discovered
and watched as it was unearthed by the police officers.
Nnamdi Omoni,a DSP,and Lawyer also the Spokesman of the Rivers
State Police Command who was part of the police team at the scene
said investigation so far showed that the deceased who is suspected to be
pregnant was beaten to her death by her boyfriend over allegation of
infidelity.
The body of the woman was deposited in the morgue after
which an autopsy will be conducted for further investigation while prosecution
of the suspect will follow.
Nwovueze told Journalists on Thursday, December 6, that the
marriage is in line with a compulsory traditional rites of Ndele people in
Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State where the deceased hailed from.
He, therefore, pleaded with security agencies to ensure that
justice is done in the killing of his daughter.
“I don’t want any problem. That girl is my daughter and what I
want the Police to do is to allow this J-Boy of a man or his family members to
marry my daughter before they bury her.
“All the rites that are due any girl of marriageable age in my
community will be done so that there will be no calamity,” he said.
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