The Abia State Police Command has said that a female evangelist, Happiness Echieze was found dead in an Aba guest house allegedly during a marathon sex with an acclaimed bishop of a pentecostal church, Bishop Timothy Otu.
But wccording to the police, it was a suspected murder case.
Confirming the development on Thursday, Abia State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Maureen Chioma Chinaka said that on August 13, one Mr Godwin Akpan, who resides at Jubilee Guest House in Ovom village in Obingwa LGA, reported to the Isialangwa Police Division that an incident had occurred.
According to the police statement, “It was revealed that on the evening of August 12, 2023, around 09:25 PM, a clergyman named Timothy Otu (male), associated with Agape Evangelical Ministry at Obikabia Junction in Obingwa LGA, had checked into the guest house along with a woman named Happiness Echieze (female) from Isialangwa LGA, Abia State. Happiness Echieze was 43 years of age.
“Further details provided by Mr. Akpan indicated that on the same date, around 12:00 am he entered the hotel room of the aforementioned clergyman and discovered the lifeless body of Happiness Echieze. She was found unclothed, and a white substance was emanating from her mouth and nose. Regrettably, the clergyman was absent from the scene”, the Abia Police said.
The statement informed the public that immediate preliminary investigations have been launched into the matter, adding that the deceased’s body has been transported from the location and is currently at the SDA Mortuary in Aba, awaiting an autopsy examination.
The police statement further revealed that the bishop has been nabbed while the matter has been transfered to the State Criminal Investigation Department, CID for discreet investigations.
The news everywhere, however, is that Echieze was Pastor Otu’s lover.