Man kills, buries pregnant girl friend

THe SHOCK, which engulfed the people of Ezeakam,

Eziudo community in Ezinihitte Local Government Area of

Imo State, still persists as news of how a young man from

the community, allegedly killed his pregnant girl friend

through the administration of a local concoction spread in

the community. The deceased 25-year old lady, who was

identified as Chinonye Ella, was allegedly dating the 39-

year old Chamberlin Ojoko before she died July 20, 2015.

While Chinonye lived and operated from Umuahia, Abia State, her boy friend resided and also operated from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with members of his immediate family. Giving a graphic detail of the ugly incident, the Imo State Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, said

that the deceased lady boarded the same vehicle with Ojoko sometime in December 2014, at Achingali in Obowo local council area of Imo State, had a close chat which later led to the exchange of telephone numbers.

The CP also said that from police investigations, Ojoko

regularly invited Chinonye to Owerri, when they lodged in

hotels of his choice and had fun-filled times

together. “After any such outing, Ojoko gave his girl friend

between N3,000 and N4,000 to cover her transport

expenses.

This,continued until Chinonye informed her boy friend

that she was pregnant,” the CP recounted. The pregnancy

aspect of the relationship apparently unsettled the man

and he started making plans to convince his friend to

abort the unborn child.

“Having succeeded in convincing the lady to abort the

baby, the suspect, on July 20, 2015, took Chinonye to an

uncompleted building at Ezeakam, Eziudo and gave her

the local concoction he had earlier procured for the

abortion,” the CP said. The Imo police boss also said that

not long after the concoction was administered on the

lady, she started experiencing severe pain in her tummy

and later died on the spot, stressing that the man buried

her close to the building.

Sensing that he had accomplished his mission, possibly

undetected, Ojoko calmly scampered to his Port Harcourt

base, not knowing that a little girl clearly saw him as he

lifted the body of his girl friend and buried it close to the

uncompleted house. South East Voice gathered that the

little girl eventually narrated what she saw to the owner of

the uncompleted building, Dr. Ukaegbu, who later brought

in the officers of Ezinihitte Divisional Police.

Armed with this report, homicide detectives from the State

Police Headquarters, Owerri, were quickly brought into

the picture and investigation commenced. The police then

mobilized and set off to Port Harcourt, taking along with

them Dr. Ukaegbu and the suspect’s younger brother,

Pastor Sopuruchi Ojoko. Narrating the little he knew about

the entire story, the Pastor recalled that he saw his elder

brother and his girl friend at about 3p.m. on the fateful

day, pointing out that the duo never entered the family

house but headed towards Eziudo Road.

“At about 9p.m., my brother returned to the house

without the girl. He requested for a shovel. He did not

return till about 11p.m. I sought to know where he was

coming from at that late hour and he said that he went to

the toilet,” the pastor said. Continuing, the suspect’s

younger brother said that when information reached the

family that Chamberlin murdered his girl friend, he took

the police officers to Port Harcourt, where he was

arrested.

Giving his own account of the event at the State Police

Headquarters, Owerri, where he is currently cooling his

heels, Mr. Ojoko confirmed that he took his girl friend to

an uncompleted building on July 20, 2015, at about

6.30p.m. “My girl friend took the herbal medicine and

later started experiencing serious pain. Then she died. I

ran to my house and took a shovel. I carried her body to

the side of the building, dug a shallow grave and buried

her there,” Ojoko said.

Meanwhile, the CP confirmed that the late lady’s body had

been exhumed and post mortem examination done,

adding that his major concern as at the time of the

interview, was how to connect the relations of the dead

lady. “The Command is very desirous to get in touch with

the immediate relations of the late lady, given that her

telephone handset, which could have assisted the police

in this regard, was thrown away by the suspect,” the CP

said.

He then appealed to members of the public to provide

information that would assist the Police in locating the

relations of the deceased lady, who are believed to be

residing in Umuahia, Abia State.

Man kills, buries pregnant girl friend