Delta State
Police (DSP) have arrested a policewoman identified as Sergeant Helen for
allegedly killing her estranged husband Kelechi Aririguzo, who was also a
policeman.
Mr. Aririguzo was
traveling to see his daughter in Ogwashi-Uku on Thursday of last week when his
wife gathered a crowd that clubbed him to death, according to an eyewitness and
Delta police.
A man who gave
his name as Uche was eyewitness to the brutal murder and confided in a
SaharaReporters correspondent that Mr. Aririguzo met his untimely death after
he visited his daughter, who lives with his estranged wife in Umuokwe village.
According to Mr.
Uche, Mr. Aririguzo had lived in the neighborhood years ago when serving in a
nearby police division. "However, his decision to see his daughter did not
go down well with his former wife, who raised alarm that Aririguzo was a
kidnapper and had come to abduct her daughter,” Mr. Uche said. “It was the
alarm that attracted some youths who attacked the policeman, clubbing him to
death in the process."
DSP Public
Relations Officer Celestina Kalu confirmed the story and told SaharaReporters
that the suspect is being held in custody along with her accomplices.
A source told
SaharaReporters that Sergeant Helen and Mr. Aririguzo were legally married but
had been separated for some time.
An elderly woman
who spoke on the incident, Edna Uzoma, stated that the killing of the policeman
has made people in the neighborhood apprehensive about possible repercussions
and that since the incident on Thursday most people have run away from their
homes.
"Everybody
is afraid that police will start arresting everybody around here," she
said.