Boy, 17, Nabbed In Killing Of Delta Lady

The body of a 50-year-old lady, Ms Patience Komone who was declared missing by family has been found dead in a bush at Umeh community of Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.

The decomposing body of the middle-aged woman was found on Tuesday. The deceased was murdered by a 17-year-old boy identified as Onoriode Simon Akpoavirhi.

It was gathered that Umeh community youths irked by the incident immediately dispatched some youths in the community to investigate the incident and one Onoriode Simon Akpoavirhi was discovered to have been the last person seen with the deceased.

The community youths thereafter apprehended the suspect and interrogated him where he confessed to taking the woman to a pepper farm with his motorcycle under the guise of wanting to sell fresh pepper to her.

It was further learnt that the suspect confessed that he stole the deceased’s money after killing her to buy some musical instrument.

“The suspect confessed to Umeh community youths that he killed the woman. According to the suspect, he took the woman to a pepper farm in the bush to enable the woman buy fresh pepper directly from the farm not knowing that he had a different agenda.

“It was at the location he took the woman where he killed her and thereafter stole her money and other belongings which he used to immediately buy musical instruments. He was handed over to police in Oleh by the community. We’ve never experienced this kind of crime Umeh”, one of the sources said.

A traditional chief in Umeh Kingdom, who did not want to be mentioned, told our correspondent that the crime was a serious traditional taboo that requires traditional cleansing in the community.

Ms Patience, a native of Otughievwen in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state, was declared missing last week.

The Delta lady had been missing since Tuesday 27 July after attending the popular foodcrop market in Umeh, an agrarian community along the Ughelli/Patani section of the East-West Road.

A family member who confirmed discovery of decomposing body to our correspondent said, “It’s all over. They’ve found her decomposing body in Umeh (where she had gone for market on Tuesday).

“They tracked the prime suspect, Okada man, who was last seen taking her from the market that Tuesday.”

The Delta Police spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the discovery of the decomposing body of the lady but could not give details.

He added that a suspect had been arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of the woman.

Source: Niger Delta Today

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