A 24-year-old commercial tricycle operator, identified as Chigozie, was arrested with his girlfriend’s corpse in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, on Friday, July 14.
He was caught while attempting to dump the deceased’s body in the bush.
Speaking on the incident, the suspect, who hails from Ajata Ibeku in Umuahia North Local Government Area of the state, claimed that his late lover died in a minor dispute between them when she turned down his request for sex.
But for the timely intervention of the Police, the suspect would have been lynched by a mob.
According to the suspect, he demanded sex from his girlfriend in the evening when she visited him, but she declined, saying she was not ready.
Going further, he revealed that this led to a little struggle between them, and she accidentally hit her head on the wall and slumped.
He admitted that he and the victim, who hailed from Oboro in Ikwuano Local Government Area, dated for two years.
Meanwhile, youths from the area who saw him with the corpse and suspected foul play trailed him to the bush where he wanted to dump the body and accosted him.
They later took the corpse to the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, where she was confirmed dead on arrival.
A local source, who begged not to be mentioned, said: “We decided to follow him without his notice until he entered inside the bush to dump the body. Then we caught him red-handed.”
Another source said: “She was his girlfriend, and they were fighting. Suddenly, she tripped and hit her face on the floor. The guy didn’t remove any body part.”
