The Imo State Police Command on Monday confirmed that a man identified as Chidube Onyema, has shot his girlfriend, Chinwendu, to death in Umuokirie village, Okuku autonomous community in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state.
Police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed to reporters in the state that the suspect has been arrested and the case transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department in Owerri.
"Yes, it is true. The suspect has been arrested and the case has been transferred to Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Owerri for more investigation and prosecution," the police PRO said.
SaharaReporters accrued that Onyema killed Chinwendu for allegedly cheating on him.
One of the neighbours of the suspect informed SaharaReporters that the sufferer visited her boyfriend from her village, Ohabele in Obosima network within the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of the kingdom before the unfortunate incident.
The neighbour, who spoke on situation of anonymity, instructed SaharaReporters that a name received by the victim precipitated a disagreement between the 2 fanatics, which later have become deadly.
The supply stated the refusal of the sufferer at hand over her cellphone to the suspect, infuriated Onyema, who went to get his gun from the room and shot his lady friend in her non-public elements.
The source said, "She commonly visits Chidube (Onyema) from her village. She came from Aba (in Abia State) and changed into presupposed to return on Sunday night earlier than her boyfriend killed her. Trouble began after the woman spoke back a phone name. The guy demanded to recognise who called her however she refused to tell him. He shot her in her non-public elements. He is our neighbour and a hunter."
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