YENAGOA – The Bayelsa State Police Command said it had recovered the decomposing body of one Jennifer Ugadu, who was a 200-level undergraduate of the state-owned Niger Delta University (NDU).

A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Asinim Butswat, said the corpse of the deceased was discovered on Tuesday.

Butswat said the discovery followed the alarm raised by one of Ugadu’s friends who stumbled on a chat which indicated that the undergraduate’s boyfriend, who is said to be a soldier, admitted to killing her and threatened to commit suicide.

The statement read in part, “Police have recovered the decomposing corpse of one Jennifer Ugadu ‘f’ 23 years a two hundred level student of the faculty of Education at the Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island, Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area Bayelsa State.

“The deceased body was discovered on 13th July 2021, after one of her friends stumbled on a chat where the deceased boyfriend admitted to killing her and threatened to commit suicide.

“Preliminary investigation reveals that the deceased was shot in her apartment by her boyfriend, one James Matol, who is allegedly a member of the Nigerian Army. Investigations also reveal that the deceased was last seen with the boyfriend on 11th July 2021.”

It added that the Commissioner of Police, Mike Okoli had ordered investigation into the incident.