Edo: Bus Driver kills Girlfriend, Dumps Body By Riverside

A 42-year old commercial bus driver, Osabuohien Ogieva, has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Joy Jerome, and dumping her corpse near Ikpe River in Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Edo State.

According to The Nation, the suspects allegedly hit her with a stick during a misunderstanding and rushed her to the hospital when she became unresponsive.

A source told The Nation that the victim was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, and the suspect took her corpse to an unknown destination before it was found near a river.

Ogieva went into hiding after committing the act.

Ikpe community members raised the alarm over a body dumped near the river.

The Edo State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Eno Ikoedem, told The Nation that the corpse of the victim was discovered near the Ikpe river on January 10, 2026.

She said operatives of the Idogbo Police Division responded to a distress call and moved the body to a hospital, where she was confirmed dead and later deposited at the Stella Obasanjo mortuary.

Ikoedem noted that investigations showed the deceased, a resident of the Upper Sakponba area of Benin City, was in a romantic relationship with the suspect.

She said Ogieva was smoked out of his hideout after which he confessed to having a disagreement with the deceased on January 9, 2026, while conveying her in his bus.

The suspect, according to Ikoedem, confessed to having abandoned the body near Ikpe River along the Benin-Abraka highway.

She said the suspect later contacted the family of the deceased and claimed not to have seen her for some days.

The police spokesman said the suspect would soon be charged in court after the investigation had been concluded.