A female suspected killer of a commercial sex worker in Ughelli north local government area of Delta state has been arrested by a combine team of Special Weapon and Tactics (SWAT), from Garki, Abuja.
The suspect, one Miss Amrore Oghenevwire was allegedly arrested in connection with the killing of Miss Confidence at her hotel room in Ughelli.
According sources, Her arrest followed concrete intelligence gathering by the police of her alleged involvement in the murder after the force received a petition by the owner of the hotel, Helen Amrore, accusing her of the crime.
It would be recalled that a sex worker plying her trade at a popular hotel in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, was killed on the 10th of August, 2022 at about 1.am and scores of her colleagues was arrested by the police from Ughelli A ‘division.
The Remains of Confidence
It was learned that while others were released, the manager of the hotel was taken to the State Police Headquarters in Asaba before he was later granted bail after preliminary investigation.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the State Command, Mr. Bright Edafe confirmed the incident saying, she was stabbed on the stomach and strangled, adding that investigation has already commenced on the matter.
Not satisfied by the manner the matter was being handled by the state command, the owner of the hotel, Helen Amrore, through her lawyer, Oghaimeh S. Friday (Esq) petitioned the force headquarters to take over the investigations that led to the arrest of the suspect.
According to Helen who spoke to journalists in Ughelli, “The suspect is her sister of the same father but different mother and was one of the persons helping to manage the hotel until she personally took over the management of the hotel after suspecting that her sister was shortchanging her.
“She even planning to take over the ownership of the hotel which was an inheritance from my mother.
She alleged that her sister vowed to caused havoc after relieving her from managing the hotel and sworn not to allow her have peace in running her hotel.
“Oghenevwaire in the past has made various threat of causing problem that will shut down the hotel if she could not have her way back.
“I am a business woman, I trade on second hand clothes. I went to Lagos on the 6th of August, to buy goods, and was still in Lagos on the 8th of August, one of my girls that has spent up to five years with me in that hotel, called me that she saw my younger sister, that is Oghenevwire and a man, called Ogboru, who I know because he is from our village and we even have a land case in court.
“They came with the jeep of the Ogboru alongside three boys, and after they alighted, at the front of my hotel, they began to point at the hotel for the boys to see
“When my girl told me all these, being that, I don’t have any business with them and i thought they were not going to do anything outside the law, because my sister has already taken me to court over the case.
“I was shocked and demoralized when I was called on the 10th that they have killed Confidence, one of my favourite girl. I have been in that hotel for that past 33 years now, and such thing have never happened until I drove that my sister away because she was tryin to defraud me.”
Speaking further, she said, ” I decided to involve the police force headquarters because despite concrete evidence against the suspect, police from Ughelli Area Command refused to arrest the suspects for interrogation.
“It was the SWAT team that was able to carryout the investigation and arrested the suspect, while her alleged accomplice, Ogboru is now at large.” Helen revealed.
