By CAROL UTULU

The Delta Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the prime suspect in the gruesome murder of a retired judge in Delta.

The Command spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Asaba.

Edafe said the suspect was arrested on Saturday in his hideout in neighbouring Anambra.

“On Saturday, 6th December 2025, Operatives of the homicide section of State CID, Delta Police Command acting on intelligence arrested one Godwin mngumi, aged 25 years old in Anambra State.

“Godwin, is the security man who allegedly murdered Justice Ifeoma Okogwu (rtd) in her home in Asaba.

“During his arrest, the phone of the late retired justice was recovered from the suspect,” Edafe said.

He said the suspect confessed that he invited his friend that was also arrested and one other suspect at large over to the house where they carried out the dastardly act together.

Edafe said the manhunt for the third suspect is ongoing.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the late judge, Ifeoma Okogwu, was murdered in her home in Asaba on the night of Thursday, November 27, 2025. (NAN)

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