Nigerian Policemen

By Jethro Ibileke

The Edo State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a fleeing murder suspect, Wealth Nnamdi, who allegedly murdered his pregnant lover and her three-year-old daughter.

The deceased woman, identified as Osasu Aimienoho Isaac and her daughter, Aleluya Uwuigbe, popularly known as “Mama Hallelujah”, and her daughter from a previous relationship, named Miracle.

A statement by the Command’s spokesman, CSP Moses Yamu, disclosed that the suspect, who hailed from Imo State, fled after allegedly committing the murder.

“On 18/03/2025 at about 2030hrs, the Ekiadolor Division received a report from a concerned neighbour of the deceased that he was perceiving an offensive odour from his neighbour’s room at Idiangbona Street of Ovbiogoe Community.

“On the strength of the report, the DPO Ekiadolor led operatives to the area where the room where the odour was emanating from was identified, but discovered to be locked from the outside.

“The room was forced open, only to discover the already decomposing bodies of the woman with an injury that appears to be a machete cut on her head and her baby on the bed.

“During preliminary investigation, all fingers pointed at her live-in lover, simply identified as Wealth Nnamdi, whose wedding with the deceased mother of one was set for 29/03/2025

“The suspect has gone underground since the discovery, as the Command is doing everything possible to ensure the arrest of the fleeing suspect,” the statement said.