A 42-year-old man, Tuamene Nwibiagbor, has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command after a mother of three he took to a hotel allegedly died during marathon sex with him in Port Harcourt.
The suspect, it was learned, was planning his own wedding, so he ran out of the hotel after discovering that the woman had died, under the guise of getting something outside the hotel, and abandoned the remains of the woman in the hotel room.
A police source said the woman, a mother of three, met Nwibiagbor, her former classmate and lover, in school, and they renewed their relationship when they ran into each other and fixed a date to meet at a hotel to discuss further.
Unfortunately, Nwibiagbor was planning his wedding with another woman, set for April 27, 2024, before the unfortunate incident occurred.
According to the source, “Nwibiagbor and the deceased were boyfriend and girlfriend in 2010 when they were both students at Rivers State College of Education (now Ignatius Ajuru University of Education). After graduation, they were still communicating, but after a while, they lost touch.
**Genesis**
The source said providence later brought the two ex-lovers together when Nwibiagbor went to buy some items for his wedding. After greeting each other and discussing their past love affairs, they missed each other and fixed March 14, 2024, to meet at a particular hotel.
On the agreed date, the two ex-lovers met at Rumuola junction and proceeded to a hotel in Rumuigbo, where they dined and wined before retiring to a room. A few hours later, they copulated, and during the process, the mother of three started convulsing and sneezing repeatedly, tragically passing away in the hotel room.
The incident occurred at De Reggy’s Hotel within the Port Harcourt metropolis. A hotel waitress found the lifeless body when checking the room after noticing the woman had not come out and the man had not returned.
The source added that it is the hotel’s practice to check the rooms, and it was during this process that the corpse of the woman was found. The waitress raised the alarm, which attracted other hotel staff.
**Victim Lied to Husband**
The source said the mother of three lied to her husband, claiming she was traveling to Port Harcourt to attend a friend’s wedding. The husband only learned the truth after the incident.
The husband was angry when informed by the police through his wife’s phone. He was devastated upon hearing the news.
The husband told the police that his wife was rushing to leave home on the fateful day, even when he asked her to prepare food for him. She claimed she was late for the wedding, not knowing she was going to meet her ex-lover.
“Even the children were surprised when they were told about what happened to their mother. We never knew it was her ex-lover, who was planning his wedding, that she went to meet.”
During the investigation, the police discovered that the deceased was a married woman and a mother of three.
**Escape**
The source said that as soon as Nwibiagbor noticed the mother of three was convulsing and sneezing repeatedly, he abandoned her and ran out of the hotel room under the pretense of getting something outside. He then escaped and switched off his phone.
When the hotel management noticed Nwibiagbor had not returned, a staff member checked the room and found the woman’s lifeless body. The matter was immediately reported to the police.
After the police arrived, the woman’s remains were evacuated from the hotel room and deposited at the mortuary. The investigation commenced immediately, leading to the arrest of the suspect in a church.
**Arrest**
Detectives from the homicide section of the Rivers State Police Command tracked Nwibiagbor’s phone number to his church. They waited for him and arrested him after a Sunday service at the Methodist Church at Rumukalagbor, where he served as the Youth President.
During the service, the detectives watched Nwibiagbor give a dramatic testimony, claiming he had escaped a kidnapping attempt on March 14, 2024, the same day he escaped from the hotel room where he took the mother of three. He told the congregation that his phone had been stolen. His theatrical performance and praise for God’s deliverance were met with enthusiastic responses from the congregation, including his innocent wife, who was present.
However, the detectives were not convinced by Nwibiagbor’s narration. As the service ended and the congregation congratulated him, the detectives approached and arrested him, surprising the pastor, his wife, and other church members.
**Involvement**
Even after his arrest, Nwibiagbor denied knowing anything about the woman’s death. When the police searched his house, they found the sky-blue cloth and bag he had worn on the day of the incident. He then admitted being with the deceased at the hotel on the fateful day. He claimed that when the woman started convulsing and sneezing shortly after they had sex, he did not know what to do, so he ran out of the hotel room when he couldn’t save her life.
**Police Reaction**
Confirming the incident, Rivers State Police Commissioner CP Olatunji Rilwan Disu commended the officers for their swift and professional handling of the case. He said the investigation is ongoing to determine the exact cause of the woman’s death.
“The woman’s lover has been arrested after the incident. The suspect was trying to cover up his involvement in the murder by giving a false testimony in church that he was kidnapped, but he never told the church members and his wife about the crime he committed. We are not going to leave any stone unturned to get to the root of the matter. We will update the public as the investigation unfolds. We are not going to sweep the case under the carpet.”
Credit: New Telegraph
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