Edo State Police Command has arrested 42-year old commercial bus driver, Osabuohien Ogieva, for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Joy Jerome, and dumping her corpse near Ikpe River in Ikpoba-Okha LGA.
The report said the man hit the girl with a stick during a misunderstanding and rushed her to the hospital when she became unconscious.
According to the report, she was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital and the suspect took her corpse to an unknown destination before it was found near a river.
The suspect, Ogieva, went into hiding after committing the act.Ikpe community members raised the alarm over a body dumped near the river.
In a statement, Edo Police Public Relations Officer, SP Eno Ikoedem, said corpse of the victim was discovered near the Ikpe river on January 10, 2026.
She said operatives of the Idogbo Police Divisio responded to a distress call and moved the body to a hospital, where she was confirmed dead and later deposited at the Stella Obasanjo mortuary.Ikoedem noted that investigations showed the deceased, a resident of Upper Sakponba area of Benin City, was in a romantic relationship with the suspect.
She said Ogieva was picked from his hideout after which he confessed to having a disagreement with the deceased on January 9, 2026, while conveying her in his bus.
The suspect, according to Ikoedem, confessed to have abandoned the body near Ikpe River along the Benin-Abraka highway.
She said the suspect later contacted family of the deceased and claimed not to have seen her for some days.
The police spokesman further notified that the suspect would soon be charged to court after investigation has been concluded.
