Men of the Nigerian Police Force in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have arrested a man simply identified as Collins for allegedly killing his female partner, a 300-level undergraduate at the University of Port Harcourt.
News About Nigeria gathered that the tragic incident occurred along NTA Road, Mgbuoba, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The deceased, Justina Otuene Nkang, a student in the Department of Biological Chemistry at Uniport, was reported missing four days ago.
She was also said to be undergoing her Industrial Training attachment at a popular private hospital located in the D/Line axis of Port Harcourt, where she was last seen.
According to a now-viral post shared on Thursday morning, where the victim’s demise was disclosed, the boyfriend was caught when he tried to dispose of her body.
“Otuene Justina Nkang was reported missing four days ago. She was a 300-level student of Biological Chemistry at UNIPORT, but unfortunately, she was killed by her boyfriend, who tried to dispose of her body this evening but was caught. The suspect has been handed over to the police,” the post reads.
It was also gathered that the victim’s decomposing and mutilated remains were found in her boyfriend’s apartment, which she allegedly visited after the close of work at the hospital four days ago when she was declared missing.
When she was found, her breasts, eyes, and other sensitive parts of her body had been removed by her boyfriend for supposed ritual purposes.
Speaking on the tragic death of the victim, the spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said that the Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwaonyi, will be addressing the press on the matter later today.
