Court Remands UNIPORT Student Accused Of killing Girlfriend For Money Ritual Purpose

By Murphy Akanji

A 400-level student of Petrochemical Engineering in the University of Port Harcourt, Damian Okoligwe, who was accused of killing his girlfriend, Justina Otuene, a 300-level student of Biochemistry at the same university has been remanded on the order of a magistrate court  in Port Harcourt presided over by Nnenda Obiageri-Onugbum.

When the matter came up on Monday for hearing, the prosecuting counsel appealed to the court to remand the accused based on the gravity of the offense, a request which was not objected to by the defense counsel, O.G. Nweke.

Obiageri-Onugbum, after listening to both counsels in the matter ruled that the accused, Okoligwe be remanded in the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre and ordered that the case file be transferred to the Department of Public Prosecution, DPP, for legal advice.

The judge thereafter adjourned the case to 15th December 2023 for the DPP report.

Okoligwe was arrested by the police after his neighbours raised an alarm over his attempt to dispose of the body of his girlfriend, Justina, who he allegedly killed for money ritual.

He was earlier paraded at the Rivers State Police Command headquarters in Port Harcout, where he admitted that his girlfriend died in his house.