By Deborah Nnamdi
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 31-year-old man, Joshua Osaigbovo, in connection with the death of 21-year-old Osato Edogiaweria. Her decomposing body was discovered in a shallow grave.
The development was revealed in a statement posted on X.com by the Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu.
According to Yamu, Osato’s mother, Mrs. Ojo, had filed a missing person report on April 25, 2025.
The statement read, “Following a case of a missing person reported on April 25, 2025, at Aduwawa Division, by Mrs Ojo, that her daughter, Osato Festus Edogiaweria, 21 years left home on April 20, 2025, in the company of her friend and has not been heard from since then.”
The case was then transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, and the arrest was made after a thorough investigation by the operatives of the Family Unit on June 18.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to having invited the said Osato Festus (now deceased) to his residence on April 27, 2025, and in the course of their stay, they had an altercation that led to a fight where the deceased fell, hit her head on the ground and died.
He also admitted to transporting the victim’s body in a wheelbarrow to a nearby bush, where he dug a shallow grave and buried her just a few meters from his home.
The suspect later took police operatives to the grave site, located in the Iyanomon community.
The statement added that he will be prosecuted once the investigation is completed.
