Police Arrest Man for Allegedly killing Girlfriend in Edo
The Edo State Police Command has arrested one Joshua Osaigbovo, 31, in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Osato Festus Edogiaweria, 21, whose disappearance was reported in April 2025.
According to a statement issued by CSP Moses Joel Yamu, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Police Command, the incident began when Mrs. Ojo, the mother of the deceased, filed a missing person report at Aduwawa Division on April 25, 2025.
She stated that her daughter, Osato, had left home on April 20 in the company of a friend and had not been heard from since.
The case was subsequently transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) for further action. “Demonstrating the Command’s resolve to rid the state of all forms of crime and criminality,” SP Yamu said.
“Operatives of the Family Unit, through painstaking investigation and technical intelligence, arrested one Joshua Osaigbovo, 31 yrs, a resident of Iyanomon community in Ikpoba-Okha LGA in connection with the crime on 18th June, 2025.”
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to inviting Osato to his residence on April 27. An altercation broke out between the two, during which Osato fell, hit her head on the ground, and died.”
Osaigbovo further confessed to taking the young woman’s body in a wheelbarrow to a nearby bush, where he buried her in a shallow grave a few meters from his home.
“On June 20, 2025, Osaigbovo led police operatives to the burial site in the Iyanomon community. The remains of Osato Festus were exhumed following all necessary procedures. The suspect is expected to be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.” He said.
