the police in Abia StateSoutheast Nigeria say a Pentecostal bishop has been arrested over the death of an evangelical woman in a hotel room in the Obingwa local government area of the state.
The suspect, Timothy Otu, general supervisor of Agape Evangelical Ministry, had checked into the hotel with the victim, Happiness Echieze, 43, who was later found dead in the hotel room, according to police.
State police spokeswoman Maureen Chinaka, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said the bishop has been arrested.
Ms. Chinaka, Deputy Superintendent of Police, gave the name of the hotel as Jubilee Guest House.
Ms. Echieze, the evangelist at the suspect’s church, hailed from the Isiala-Ngwa local government area of the state.
Sources said the victim was a mother of three whose husband resided in Nigeria’s south-southern Bayelsa state.
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Ms. Chinaka said that the suspect, Mr. Otu, had checked into the hotel room with the victim at around 9:25 pm on August 12.
The police spokesman said that a man, believed to be a hotel worker, Godwin Akpan, informed the Isiala-Ngwa Police Division Headquarters that he (Akpan) entered the hotel room around 12:00 am the same day and discovered the body of Mrs. Echieze, the female evangelist.
“They found her naked, and a white substance was emanating from her mouth and nose. The cleric was not on the scene,” Chinaka said.
“We wish to convey that the suspected individual in this case has been apprehended. The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Directorate for discreet investigations,” he stated.
The police spokesman said police have launched investigations into the incident and the victim’s body had been transferred from the hotel to a morgue in Aba, Abia state.
She said an autopsy would be performed on the victim’s body to determine the cause of her death.
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