A middle-aged man identified as Okomor has been detained by the Delta State Police Command for the death of his girlfriend, Tega Okpako.
Okpako reportedly died last Thursday in Asaba, the state capital, in suspicious circumstances.
Command spokesperson DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the arrest of the suspect on Monday in Asaba.
Edafe added that he cannot confirm if the suspect is responsible for the death, adding that the investigation was still on with a view to unraveling the true cause of death.
A reliable source said the suspect had denied the killing but only claimed there was an argument between him and the diseased.
According to the source, the deceased fell down and died after getting drunk.
But the family of the bereaved disagreed with his account and started raising eyebrows when they saw her corpse at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba.
Family sources insisted that their daughter was killed by the suspect for ritual purposes.
