Police Launch Manhunt For 27-Yr-Old Over Lover’s Death

[Shola Sholaz]

Police in Bayelsa State have launched a manhunt for a man reportedly working with a construction company, over the alleged killing of a 27-year-old woman believed to be his lover in Kaiama, Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of the state.
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The construction worker, according to indigenes of Kaiama community, allegedly strangled the woman to death at midnight, last Tuesday, and dumped her corpse close to the bank of a river.
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It was learnt that the body was discovered by some indigenes, who had gone for early morning bath.
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A community source said the corpse of the deceased woman was discovered at 6.30am.
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The source said: "The corpse of the woman, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, was discovered by people going to take their bath.
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"We discovered that after the girl was killed, her body was thrown into the water believing that she would be carried away by the current. But God wanted us to discover her."