A 54-year-old man, Christopher Akpan, the alleged killer of a 45-year-old National Security and Civil Defence Corps officer, identified as Josephine Cynthia.
Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba said, “Akpan had promised to marry Josephine. In the course of the relationship, a lot of financial dealings took place and it is believed Josephine handed a large chunk of money to Akpan.
“Between December 19 and 20, 2019, she visited her lover who lured her to the house of a native doctor, Rafiu Afolabi, 67, in Benue, where she was murdered and her body buried in a shallow grave in the forest.
“Akpan promised to pay Afolabi, the herbalist N5m out of the N14m he had collected from Josephine. It took intense effort and massive follow-up by the Intelligence Response Squad before the crime was uncovered.”
However, Akpan denied killing Josephine, saying that he had planned to marry her between December 28 and 29.
He added that she came to visit her to see assess preparation on December 17 and left safely on December 19.
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