Edo police arrest man for murder of 21-year-old woman, recover her body from shallow grave
The Edo country Police Command has arrested 31-year-old Joshua Osaigbovo in reference to the alleged murder of 21-year-old Osato Festus Edogiaweria in Benin town.
Police operatives exhumed the remains of the younger woman from a shallow grave close to the suspect’s house inside the Iyanomon network, placed in the Ikpoba-Okha neighborhood authorities region of the country, wherein he had buried her.
CSP Moses Yamu, the spokesperson for the command, showed the incident in a assertion on Friday, June 20, 2025. He explained that the own family Unit operatives apprehended the suspect via a thorough investigation and technical talent.
The investigation commenced after a missing person record was once filed on April 25, 2025, on the Aduwawa department by means of Mrs. Ojo. She mentioned that her daughter, Osato Festus Edogiaweria, had left domestic on April 20, 2025, with a friend and had not been heard from considering the fact that.
“The case was once transferred to the kingdom crook Investigations branch for further investigation,” he stated.
“Demonstrating the Command’s clear up to rid the kingdom of all forms of crime and criminal activity, operatives of the family Unit, through painstaking research and technical intelligence, arrested one Joshua Osaigbovo, 31 years, a resident of Iyanomon community in Ikpoba-Okha neighborhood government region, in connection with the crime on June 18, 2025.
“at some point of interrogation, the suspect confessed to having invited the stated Osato Festus (now deceased) to his house on 27th April 2025, and inside the path in their live, had an altercation that caused a combat where the deceased fell, hit her head on the ground, and d!ed.
“He similarly confessed that he took the useless body of the female in a wheelbarrow to a bush close by, dug and buried her in a shallow grave a few meters faraway from his house.
“The suspect on 20th June 2025, led operatives of the Command to the shallow grave at the Iyanomon community, wherein the stays of the girl have been exhumed following all vital methods,” he stated.
Yamu stated the deceased’s cellphone was recovered from the suspect. He brought that the suspect might be charged to courtroom as soon as the research is concluded.
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