A man identified as Nonso Eze has been arrested for killing his girlfriend by pushing her down from a five-storey building in Awada, Onitsha of Anambra state.
According to the spokesperson of Anambra State Police Command, Haruna Mohammed, the tragic incident reportedly occurred on Saturday, January 23.
Haruna revealed that men of the Awada Police Station received a report around 3am, that the victim fell from the 5th floor of the five-storey building located at N0.6 Orakwe close, fizzle Awada Obosi in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State.
The police operatives visited the scene, arrested the man, photographed the girlfriend and rushed her to Bex hospital in Onitsha.
Unfortunately, she was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.
Haruna’s statement reads,
”Preliminary inquiry from the occupants of the compound revealed that the girl was allegedly pushed down from the room of one Nonso Eze ‘m’ aged 37years of same address who is occupying the 5th floor following a quarrel.
Suspect was subsequently arrested and search executed in his apartment where a pair of female slippers and unused condom was recovered as exhibits.”
Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy while an investigation is currently ongoing to uncover the circumstances surrounding the incident, after which the suspect will be persecuted.
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