Mohammed Shosanya
A 400 Level student of the University of Port Harcourt, suspected to be a ‘Yahoo boy’ who allegedly killed his girlfriend in his Benin City resident was on Tuesdayparaded by the Edo State Police Command.
The suspect,Victor Ochonogor, has reportedly stabbed his girlfriend to death in his Benin City apartment.
The incident was said to have happened at 10, Osahon Street, Ogheghe Quarters, off Sapele Road, Benin City.
Ochonogor and his late girlfriend were said to have already locked themselves inside the house when the violence broke out.
The incident was reported to the police by his landlord.
Parading the suspect at the police command, the Commissioner of Police, Dankwara Mohammed said the matter was reported to the police about 4 pm on Monday, August 21, 2023 and the police swung into action immediately.
The murder suspect, Ochonogor,told newsmen that he has been dating his late girlfriend for three years now, adding that she came from Asaba to Benin to visit him and while they were together, she accused him of being a kidnapper.
The Uniport undergraduate of Applied And Industrial Chemistry department, said he was angered by that accusation.
“I have been dating her for three years now and she accused me of being a Kidnapper. I asked her why must she be accusing me of such when we have been together for such a time?
“I am not a kidnapper and some of the members of her family know me very well.They accused me of being a Kidnapper, how can a Kidnapper be dating somebody?”
Ochonogor said he didn’t kill his girlfriend because he was jealous that she wanted to get married to another man.
The Commissioner of Police, Dankwara Mohammed,said the suspect will be charged to court for prosecution.
