{"id":3179,"date":"2026-08-05T15:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/?p=3179"},"modified":"2026-08-05T15:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:37:40","slug":"akwa-ibom-police-arrest-woman-over-alleged-murder-recover-cash-and-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/2026\/08\/05\/akwa-ibom-police-arrest-woman-over-alleged-murder-recover-cash-and-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Akwa Ibom Police Arrest Woman Over Alleged Murder, Recover Cash and Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a woman, identified as Lorretta Anoh, in connection with the alleged murder of her 36-year-old boyfriend, Chikoka Emeka Henry, at his residence in Osongama Estate, Uyo.<\/p>\n

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According to the police, the suspect was last seen entering the victim’s apartment on Tuesday before his lifeless body was later discovered with what preliminary investigations described as a deep cut on the head.<\/p>\n

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Police said a search conducted following Anoh’s arrest led to the recovery of N2,943,250, which she allegedly confessed to stealing from the deceased.<\/p>\n

Investigators also alleged that the suspect had begun making arrangements to transfer ownership of the deceased’s black Mercedes-Benz 4Matic, bearing registration number EKY 694 GP, to herself. The vehicle had reportedly been removed from the victim’s residence before it was recovered.<\/p>\n

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The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, CP Amengheme Andrew, has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Ikot Akpan Abia, for a thorough and discreet investigation.<\/p>\n

The police commissioner also urged members of the public to exercise caution in their personal relationships and be mindful of the company they keep.<\/p>\n

An investigation is ongoing, and the suspect remains in police custody. Police have not yet announced when she will be formally charged in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a woman, identified as Lorretta Anoh, in connection with the alleged murder of her 36-year-old boyfriend, Chikoka Emeka Henry, at his residence in Osongama Estate, Uyo.   According to the police, the suspect was last seen entering the victim’s apartment on Tuesday before his lifeless body […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}