BY AMAYINDI YAKUBU
JUSTICE edged closer for the late retired Delta State Judge, Justice Ifeoma Okogwu, following the arraignment of three suspects arrested in connection with her gruesome murder.
The three suspects, Godwin Mngumi, Nnaji Obalum, and Chisom Nwanekolo, who had been in police custody following their arrest, were brought before Justice M. Obi of High Court (Four) in Asaba.
Although no defence counsel had entered the case for the suspects, our correspondent gathered that the case file will be forwarded to the Delta State Attorney-General for legal advice before the formal commencement of the trial procedure.
It was earlier reported that Justice Okogwu was found dead by her brother Emeka Okogwu in her Asaba residence, with her hands and legs bound and her mouth gagged with a cloth.
Weeks after the tragic incident, which left the legal profession and the Asaba community in deep shock, the Delta State Police Command arrested the prime suspect in Anako, Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State.
According to the command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, in a statement which he issued to The Pointer, the suspect, 25-year-old Mngumi, was tracked and arrested in Anambra State, and the phone of the late Justice Okogwu was recovered from him.
The statement reads, ‘’On December 6, 2025, operatives of the homicide section of State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Delta State Police command, acting on intelligence, has arrested one Godwin Mngumi aged 25 years, the security who allegedly murdered Justice Ifeoma Okogwu (Rtd) in Anambra State and the phone of the late retired justice has also been recovered from him.
Operatives of the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department arrested the prime suspect, Godwin Mngumi, on December 6, 2025, in Anambra State.
Mngumi, a security guard to the late retired Judge, was said to have disappeared from the deceased’s residence shortly after the incident and fled to Anambra, where he was arrested and taken into custody.
Following his arrest, Mngumi confessed that he had spent two weeks before he murdered his employer and took her possessions, which he shared with his accomplice.
