A gatekeeper, identified as John Danjuma, has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command after he allegedly killed his former boss, Boma Amaomu-Jumbo.
According to the information available to NIGERIACRIME, the deceased was a former Director of Administration at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH).
It was learnt that Danjuma was arrested by operatives of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Earlier, the accused was jailed for stealing from his late boss. He, however, went to Amaomu-Jumbo’s home in GRA, Port Harcourt, and butchered her after he was released on bail.
The deceased was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday (today) to give testimony in the case.
Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong, has promised to brief journalists on the details of the incident.
Meanwhile, a Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court has ordered that a 31-year-old motorcyclist, Friday Imoh be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged reckless driving.
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The judge, Saminu Suleiman, adjourned the matter until June 1 for hearing.
The police charged the defendant with causing an accident by reckless driving which he pleaded not guilty to.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Chinedu Ogada told the court that the defendant of Wuse Zone 4, dangerously rode a motorcycle and lost control of it on April 29.
Ogada alleged that the motorcycle fell as a result and one Victor Edey who was with the defendant, sustained injuries and was rushed to National Hospital, Abuja for treatment.
The prosecution counsel said the defendant connived with one Odinaka Mbonu who is at large and caused the disappearance of the motorcycle at the scene of the accident.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of section 28 of the Road Traffic Act.
The defence counsel, Geraldine Amah applied for the bail of the defendant, pursuant to Section 36 subsection 5 of the 1999 constitution, urging the court to exercise its discretion judiciously in favour of the defendant.
The prosecution, however, opposed the bail and prayed the court to remand the defendant on the grounds that the victim was still unconscious in the intensive care unit in a hospital.