Police arrest Abia pastor over lady’s death in hotel

A minister, Timothy Otu, has been captured by the Abia State Police Control over the passing of a 43-year-elderly person, Joy Echieze.

Otu of the Agape Zealous Service situated at the Obikabia Intersection in the Obingwa Nearby Government Region of the state is helping the police in the examination to disentangle the reason for the woman’s passing in his lodging.

The state Police Advertising Official, Maureen Chinaka, uncovered this in a proclamation made accessible to columnists on Thursday.

As per her, the minister and the woman stopped in a lodging in Ovom town on August 12, 2023, around 9.23pm.

She said the woman’s bare dead body was subsequently found in the room around 12 PM without a hint of the minister.

The PPRO said the suspect was subsequently captured and the case was moved to the State Criminal Examination Office for legitimate examination.

The assertion read, “On August 18, 2023, around 9.30am, Mr Godwin Akpan living at Celebration Visitor House in Ovom Town, Obingwa Neighborhood Government Region answered to the Isialangwa Police Division that on the night of August 12, 2023, around 9.25pm, a minister named Timothy Otu related with Agape Fervent Service at Obikabia Intersection in Obingwa LGA, looked into the visitor house alongside a lady named Joy Echieze from Isialangwa LGA, Abia State. Joy Echieze was 43 years old.

“Further subtleties given by Mr Akpan showed that on a similar date, around 12 PM, he went into the lodging of the previously mentioned priest and found the inert collection of Satisfaction Echieze. She was viewed as unclothed, and a white substance was radiating from her mouth and nose. Unfortunately, the priest was missing from the scene.

“Starter examinations have been sent off into this. The departed’s body has been moved from the area and is at present at the SDA Morgue in Aba, anticipating a dissection.

“Also, the suspect for this situation has been secured and the case has been moved to the State CID for careful examinations.”