A 43-year-old female evangelist identified as Happiness Echieze was found dead in the hotel room of Bishop Timothy Otu of Agape Evangelical Ministry, Abia State.
Gatekeepers News reports that the incident which happened on August 12, 2023, in an Aba guest house, has been confirmed by the Abia State Police Command 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 noted 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 explained that the bishop has been arrested while the matter had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, CID for discreet investigations, tagging the incident as a suspected murder case.
