By Eric Moore
A WHEELBARROW pusher simply identified as Peter from Benue State has been arrested by detectives from Nkpolu Police Division in Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt, over death of his female lover simply identified as Mummy from Ogoni extraction of Rivers State.
We learnt that the female lover, who dealt on Okro at Bishop Okoye Lane in Mile 3 Market, in the state capital, had visited her loverboy, Peter, in his house located behind a filling station at Ikwerre road opposite Bishop Okoye Street, Mile 3 Diobu on Thursday night, November 28, 2024, to pass the night.
Pentoks News gathered that Peter suddenly raised alarm early morning Friday, November 29, 2024, which attracted his neighbours who discovered that the woman had died.
Source disclosed that the neighbours alerted the Police who came to the scene for on-the-spot assessment, arrested Peter and retrieved the corpse of the female lover.
The cause of the death of ‘Mummy’ could not be ascertained by Pentoks News as at press time.
The Spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police (SP) confirmed the incident.
She said: “The suspect has been arrested and investigation ongoing.”