Man Kills, Buries 25 Year-Old Lady in Okaka Community
By Rabiu Musa
HOTPEN – A 28-year-old man identified as Joseph Fekala from Okaka Community in Yenagoa, has allegedly killed a 25-year-old lady, Miss Kate Oguoh.
The suspect was said to have killed and buried the deceased In his house. The deceased who was an indigene of Sagbama Local Government Area, Is a graduate of Novena University in Delta State.
The father of the deceased, Sir Dick Oguoh who spoke to journalists at the Bayelsa State Police Command in Yenagoa, said his daughter, a young entrepreneur left the house to visit her friend and younger sister as the suspect that lives in the same apartment at Okaka Community.
He said they became uncomfortable when the mum was not able to reach her on the phone, saying that when they visited the house in Okaka, they became suspicious and decided to report her disappearance to the police after the suspect initially denied seeing her.
He noted that it was in the process of launching a formal complaint to the police when he received a call about the unfortunate death of his daughter.
The Commissioner of Police Bayelsa State Command, CP Ben Okolo, who described the incident as sad, said the Homicide Department of the command has been sent to exhume the body in line with police procedure to immediately commence an investigation and prosecute the suspect.