Police Operatives in Bayelsa State Nigeria have arrested 27-year-old pastor suspected identified as Joseph Fekala, has throttled a girl, Kate Ogwoh, who was said to be his lover and buried the corpse in a shallow grave in his bedroom.

Fekala, said to be a youth pastor in a pentecostal church in Yenagoa, Nigeria, allegedly throttled Kate to death after which he buried her in a shallow grave in his bedroom.

According to the command, 27-year-old Fekala was apprehended on Friday, July 29, 2022 and detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department.

It was convene that the incident occurred at the Okaka suburb of Yenagoa metropolis on Friday, July 29, 2022.

According to source’s,the suspect allegedly killed Kate over a N50,000[GHS1017.46]debt he was owing for clothes she sold to him.

Check out some of the photos of Mr. Joseph Fekala here;

“She used to sell clothes. The suspect was owing her N50,000 and she went to get the money from him following day (Thursday).

No one heard from her until this Friday morning when her mother went looking for her at the man’s house and saw the shallow grave, that’s when she raised the alarm.

the Commissioner of Police, Ben Okolo, that the Homicide Department of the SCIID had been deployed to exhume the corpse.

Okolo said, “It’s unfortunate that this morning we got information that a young man called Joseph Fekala strangulated his girlfriend Kate Ogwoh in the Okaka area. It’s an unfortunate incident.

“We understand that he buried her in his room. We have made an arrangement for the Homicide Section of the State CIID to do the needful by doing proper exhumation in line with police proceedings so that we will ensure that the matter is investigated properly and the suspect faces justice.”

The victim’s father, Dick Ogwoh, said before the suspect’s arrest, his wife told him she called their daughter’s mobile many times but it didn’t connect.

He said that Kate, who was a businesswoman, and the younger sister of Fekala were friends and former schoolmates and she was on a visit to their home when the incident happened.

Ogwoh said they became uncomfortable and suspicious when they could not reach Kate on the phone for a day, which prompted their visit to the suspect’s house.

He said;

“My wife called me to say that my daughter’s number was not going through. From morning till evening, the number didn’t connect. My wife told me the boy (Fekala) owed Kate N50,000 and he refused to pay the money. Each time she (Kate) called him, he would not pick his call.

“I asked the boy where my daughter was and he said he didn’t see her. In the process, I asked him the last time he saw her and he a day before. I asked him what she wore and he said white polo (shirt) and black jean trousers. I asked him when she left the house, he said around 7am. His younger sister is my daughter’s schoolmate.”

Until her death, she was a member of Christ Embassy Church in Yenagoa while Joseph was a youth pastors and was recently promoted in a pentecostal church. He isn’t a ‘Yahoo boy’ as being speculated in some quarters,” a source said.

Joseph is an alumni of All Nations University Koforidua,Ghana. This has sparked much controversies amongst the student body as to ascertain why he opted to commit such murderous act’s.

It was also perceived for his conducts on campus, he was noted for his charisma and a devoted Christian back in tertiary. He was also a model and had strong passion for it.

However, as the news of him surfaced online, students also shared their views and encounter they had with him. Check out on some the comments and audio’s leveled against him;

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