The Delta State Police Command stated it has arrested a 25-year-old safety guard who allegedly murdered a retired Justice, Ifeoma Okogwu.
Whereas briefing the press on Monday, the State Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda stated the suspect, Godwin Mngumi, connived with two different males to assault the retired choose a her residence.
Mngumi was stated to have been employed by the deceased to protect her condominium.
Abaniwonda stated the arrest of Mngumi and his confederate, Nnaji Obalum, was one of many quite a few achievements of the command in latest time.
Following the grotesque homicide of Justice Ifeoma Okogwu (rtd) which occurred on the twenty fourth of November 2025 at her residence, Abaniwonda acknowledged that his males from the Murder Part of the Prison Investigation Division, Asaba, whereas performing on credible intelligence, on sixth of December 2025, arrested one Godwin Mngumi.
“The suspect was present in possession of one of many late Justice’s cellphones. Upon interrogation, he made a voluntary confession and admitted to inviting his accomplices one Nnaji Obalum, male, 21 years previous to perpetrate the crime. The suspects confessed that on twenty third November 2025 at about 2130hrs, they, alongside a 3rd suspect at present at massive, entered the house of the deceased, tied her with a rope and material, and murdered her. They thereafter stole her valuables, together with two telephones and a wristwatch, which they disposed of for a meagre sum. One of many stolen telephones has been recovered in Ogbogonogo market, Asaba. Investigation is ongoing.”