The Delta State Police Command has arrested a suspected serial killer and prison escapee following a swift response to a report of a stolen phone in Agbor.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, the incident occurred on 24 October 2025 when the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Agbor, received information that one Michael Ezenwai was attempting to sell a suspected stolen phone.

Officers were immediately mobilised, and the suspect was arrested at the scene.

During interrogation, Ezenwai initially claimed he had brought the phone from Libya.

However, the device later rang, and a caller identified it as belonging to her sister, Christabel Egedefe.

Acting on this new information, the DPO led operatives to Christabel?s residence, where she was tragically found dead.

Confronted with the discovery, Ezenwai confessed to murdering the 26-year-old woman during a robbery at her home on 23 October.

He told police he killed her when she resisted handing over the keys to her motorcycle, after which he stole her mobile phones.

Further investigations uncovered that Ezenwai is linked to multiple killings, including involvement in the 2020 rape and murder of Uwaila Omorzuwa, a 200-level student of the University of Benin, who was attacked in a church where she had gone to study.

Police also confirmed that the suspect escaped from the Oko Correctional Centre during the #EndSARS jailbreak in 2020.

The suspect is currently in custody as investigations continue. (Nigerian Tribune)

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