The Anambra State Police Command has arrested and paraded a man in his 30s for alleged murder. The man was alleged to have murdered his wife at the popular Otigba 3-3 area of Anambra State with a kitchen knife.
The Anambra State Police Command in a statement signed on Thursday 4th March 2021, by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, CSP Haruna Mohammed narrating the sad incident, said that the Police Operatives attached to 3-3 Police Station on Thursday 4/3/2021 at about 4:am arrested one 35-year-old, Kingsely Igwe of Nise in Awka South LGA but resident at Dueze Street Otigba 3-3 Area of Anambra State.
According to CSP Haruna Mohammed, who shared photos of the suspect and the alleged murder weapon (a kitchen knife), said the suspect, “allegedly ran amok in circumstances yet to be ascertained and attacked his wife one Oyinye Obi ‘f’ aged 31 years with a kitchen knife and inflicted multiple injuries all over her body.
Meanwhile, police detectives visited the scene and rushed the victim to Apex hospital for medical attention but was certified dead on arrival by a medical doctor.
Corpse deposited at the hospital’s morgue for autopsy.
The knife used in perpetrating the act was also recovered and registered as an exhibit.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Bala Kuryas has directed the DPO to transfer the case to State CID, Awka, for discreet investigation in order to unravel the actual cause of the incident,” the statement said.