Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a businesswoman, Mrs. Juliana Dimaka,in Eket, Akwa Ibom State.
Dimaka, the owner of Testimony supermarket at Grace Bill Street in Eket,was strangled to death at her home on October 17, 2023, at 8:00 p.m.
A reliable police source at the Eket Divisional Police Station,who craved anonymity, confirmed the arrest of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday November 23.
According to the source Police Officer said that crack detective's from the Akwa Ibom Command investigating the murder traced the suspect to Port Harcourt, Rivers State where he fled to evade arrest.
According to the source officer, the suspect was traced to his friends apartment in Port Harcourt, Rivers State where he was hiding.
"We traced and tracked the Culprit to Port Harcourt in Rivers State and arrested him and took him to Ikot Akpanbia in Uyo; the source officer said.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command,SP MacDon Odiko, would neither confirm nor deny the arrest of the suspect.
"I am not confirming anything to you until I'm able to get information on the matter. It will take me time and I have a lot on my table right now, but if you have any information, send it to me, so that I can start digging; the PPRO said.
