A businessman, identified simply as Ogbaire, has
allegedly murdered his associate, Lawrence Ojoh,
and buried his body in a shallow grave in Warri,
Delta State.
Okoh, a native of Ubulu-Uku in Aniocha South Local
Government Area of the state, left his Port Harcourt
business outfit to supply generator spare parts to a
customer in Warri.
After the supply on August 2, Okoh, fondly called
Law, did not return home and police declared him
missing. The deceased had, earlier that day, sent a
text message to his wife that he would not make it
back to Port Harcourt and that he would pass the
night with his customer in Warri.
His wife contacted the customer, who claimed that
he knew the deceased very well, but that he did not
see him for over a period of time.
The police raided the spare parts market in Warri
where the wife was able to identify some of the
parts her husband left with on the fateful day.
The shop owner, where the parts were found, took
the police to the person who supplied them.
The suspect was the one who told Okoh’s wife that
he had not seen her husband in a long while.
Ogbaire allegedly confessed to the police that he
murdered Okoh and buried him in a shallow grave
in an uncompleted building.
A senior police officer in Warri said Okoh’s
decomposing body had been exhumed and released
to the family in Ubulu- Uku for burial.
He said: “The suspect has confessed to the crime
that he killed Okoh in order not to pay him the
money for the spare parts, he supplied him.”
The officer added that the suspect also confessed
that he committed the act with another person. A
family source said Okoh left behind twins.
“My cousin got married eight years ago and just
got twins last year. The wife is now a widow while
the twins, who are minors, will not see their father
again.”
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations
Officer (PPRO), Celestina Kalu, confirmed the story.
She said: “The principal suspect had been arrested,
after taking the police to the shallow grave. We
have exhumed the body.” Ubulu-Uku, Okoh’s
hometown, has been thrown into mourning.
The murdered man pictured below
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