Police arrest a man who murdered his wife after a quarrel in Delta.

David Olori, a middle-aged man, has been detained by the Delta State Police Command for the murder of his 42 year old wife, Oghogho Olori, in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area. On Friday, November 11, 2022, DSP Bright Edafe, the command spokesperson, announced the arrest in a statement. Police responded to a distress call made by the victim younger brother, who later discovered her dead in their flat, according to the PPRO. The victim brother had gone to the apartment because he had not heard from her in a while but found it locked. On 2/11/2020, the DPO Ozoro received a panic call informing him that her younger brother, who has not reached adulthood yet, had visited the home of one Oghogho Olori female on that same date. heard from her for some time, but he discovered that the door to the apartment was locked from the outside and an offensive odor was emitting from the apartment, the statement read. The DPO swiftly mobilized men who broke into the apartment and discovered that the victim has been murdered and the husband was nowhere to be found. The Command embarked on a manhunt for the husband who was suspected of having committed the offense. Consequently, on 3/11/2022, the victim husband reported himself at the Police station and confessed to the crime stating that he murdered her over a disagreement. The investigation is ongoing. Meanwhile, a family member of the deceased who craved anonymity, said the suspect and husband of the deceased hailed from Umolo Olomu in Ughelli South Local Government Area. The source told Vanguard, that the couple had been married for over 15 years and had three daughters ranging from 13 to eight years. According to the source, the 48 year old deceased, a native of Owheologbo, was a secondary school teacher with the state government. It was gathered that the couple was residing at Ellu in Isoko North Area in the house built by the deceased but relocated with the kids to Owheologbo to stay with her mother due to the flood. Aghogho and the kids relocated to Owheologbo with the kids to stay with her mum due to the flood which affected her home. She had a disagreement with her husband David before David traveled to Bayelsa, the source said. David returned to meet her at Owheologbo on Saturday, and the mother in law entertained him before he and Oghogho returned to Ellu that Saturday Throughout Sunday to Wednesday, Oghogho’s number was not going, only David number was ringing but was not he was not picking. So on Wednesday, our family members went to Ellu to check what was wrong, On getting there that Wednesday, the door was under lock and key. After several calls to David without picking they decided to look through the window net, they tore the net and saw Oghogho on the bed motionless. This prompted our family members to break the door only to find Oghogho dead with a machete cut to her neck while sleeping. Our family reported to the police who came to remove the body to the morgue  Some of the neighbors said they saw Oghogho last on Sunday, and that when they asked David about his wife on Tuesday he said she has gone back to Owheologbo. The neighbors said they saw David in the town between Monday and Tuesday but did not see the wife again. On Thursday someone saw David at Ozoro and alerted the police who tracked him and arrested him. He has been transferred to Asaba now, the source added.