29th December, 2023
A 23-year-old lady, Amanda Uchechi has been arrested for allegedly killing her boyfriend, Corporal Cosmas Ugwu, with a pistol at the barracks of Ezinihitte-Mbaise Police Area Command, Imo State
Operatives of the police division were alerted to the incident when they heard three gunshots emanating from the Area Command’s Barracks on Tuesday night, the spokesman of the Imo Police Command Henry Okoye said in a statement while confirming the incident.
He said investigation of where the gunshots came from led to the room of Corporal Ugwu who was found with gunshot injuries on his hand and chest while lying in a pool of his blood.
The police spokesperson added that though the shot policeman was rushed to hospital, he was confirmed dead on arrival.
He said this led to the arrest of Uchechi who confessed that he shot the police corporal who was his lover because they had serious disagreements.
The statement by the Imo Police Command partly reads: “On Tuesday, 26/12/2023 at about 18:32hrs, operatives of Ezinihitte-Mbaise Police Area Command, heard three gunshots emanating from the Area Command’s Barracks and tactically maneuvered to the scene where they met Corporal Cosmas Ugwu ‘m’ in his room with gunshot injuries on his chest and hand, lying helplessly on the floor in his pool of blood,” he said in a statement.
“He was immediately rushed to an Evergreen Hospital in Ezinihitte-Mbaise where he was certified dead by a medical practitioner. His corpse has been deposited at the morgue for preservation.
“In a swift follow-up to the unfortunate incident, Amanda Uchechi Ugo, ‘f’ 23yrs, of Umumbiri in Ahaizu Mbaise LGA of Imo State, who was seen at the scene of the crime, was arrested by the operatives and a pistol with breach number 5199225 assigned to the deceased officers was tactfully collected from her.
“On interrogation, she volunteered a confessional statement admitting that the deceased police inspector was her boyfriend and that she shot him with the pistol over a serious altercation she had with him.”
He added that the suspect is now at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Owerri, and will be arraigned in court upon completion of the investigation.