Police arrest prime suspect in retired judge’s murder
The prime suspect in the gruesome murder of a retired judge Mrs Okogwu in in her home in Asaba on the night of November 27, 2025, has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command
Penpushing reports that the Command Public Relations Officer Bright Edafe, confirmed this in a statement adding that the suspect was arrested on Saturday in his hideout in neighbouring Anambra State.
The Police spokesperson said the suspect confessed that he invited his friend, who was also arrested, and one other suspect at large over to the house where they carried out the dastardly act together
“On Saturday, 6 December 2025, operatives of the homicide section of State CID, Delta Police Command, acting on intelligence, arrested one Godwin Mngumi, 25, in Anambra State’, Edafe stated.
“Godwin is the security man who allegedly murdered Justice Ifeoma Okogwu (rtd) in her home in Asaba. During his arrest, the phone of the late retired justice was recovered from the suspect’, he said.
Penpushing further reports that Edafe, a superintendent of police, said the manhunt for the third suspect was ongoing, however, it would be recalled that the body of the retired judge was discovered the same day at her residence/
The sources had said that the gunmen who killed her initially bound her legs, hands, and ransacked the entire house before killing her, while the younger brother to the deceased, Ogbueshi Okogwu, said the family believes the disappearance of a security guard attached to the retired judge was a red flag.
“A major red flag is the disappearance of the night security guard. Another guard claimed he met the gate wide open when he arrived in the morning. He said he simply sat there. Sat there doing what? I do not know. I do not understand this situation at all’, Okogwu had said.
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