Residents of Umuahia, the Abia State capital were yesterday, thrown into confusion when a 24-year-old commercial tricycle operator, simply identified as Chigozie, was nabbed with the corpse of his girlfriend while attempting to dump the body in the bush.
The suspect who hails from Ajata Ibeku in Umuahia North Local Government Area of the state, claimed that his late lover died in a minor dispute between them when she turned down his request for sex.
Luck, however, ran out on him when some eagle-eyed local youths he was about to throw away the corpse of his late girlfriend known as Beauty.
But for the timely intervention of the police, the suspect would have been lynched by an angry mob.
On how it happened, the suspect said that he demanded sex from his girlfriend in the evening when she visited him, but she declined, saying she was not ready.
Her reluctance, according to him led to a little struggle between them and she accidentally hit her head on the wall and slumped.
He admitted that he and the victim who hailed from Oboro in Ikwuano LGA had dated for two years.
Meanwhile, youths from the area who saw him with the corpse and suspected foul play trailed him to the bush where he had wanted to dispose of the body and accosted him.
They later took the corpse to the Federal Medical Centre Umuahia where it was confirmed dead on arrival.
A local source who pleaded not to be mentioned said:“We decided to follow him without his notice until he entered inside the bush to dump the body then we caught him red-handed.”
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