The 400-level student of Petrochemical Engineering at the University of Port Harcourt, Demain Okoligwe, who was arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend and harvesting her organs at his residence along NTA Road, Ozuoba, near Port Harcourt said the reason he did not report to authorities was because he knew everyone would blame him.
The suspect made this known while fielding questions after his arrest on Thursday.
He said, “I was thinking if I report this now everybody will blame it on me.
When asked why her body was dismembered he said, “The dismembered thing I don’t know, I did not dismember her body”
The victim, Justina Otuene, a 300-level undergraduate also at UNIPORT, was studying Biochemistry.
The state Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, disclosed the arrest of Demain Okoligwe while parading the suspect before newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
Nwonyi said the suspect, after butchering his female lover, Justina Otuene, a 300-level undergraduate also at UNIPORT, who was studying Biochemistry, harvested some parts of her body allegedly for ritual purposes and concealed her decomposing corpse in his apartment for days until one of his neighbours, who became suspicious after perceiving a strong stench oozing from his apartment, reported to the police.
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