FOLLOW UP STORY:Bello, Husband of Delta Governor's Aide Love Shimite In Protective Custody Says Police

By: Olufemi Orunsola 

The Delta State Police Command has revealed that Pastor David Bello, husband of the Special Adviser to Delta State governor on Trade and Export, Chief Love Shimite Bello, is in protective custody of the Command.

The Delta State Police Command which denied that it arrested Bello in connection with the death of his wife, Shimite, on Easter Sunday, said that he was only placed in protective custody over concerns for his safety as the family of the deceased has lodged a complaint over the circumstances of their daughter’s death.

In swift follow up to an earlier report that tipped off OTN News about the arrest of the husband of the Delta state Governor’s aide, OTN news authoritatively reports that the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Bright Edafe, who could not be reached by the press for his official statement earlier,has revealed that the husband of the deceased actually called the Police to report the death of his wife and expressed fear also that the family of the woman was threatening him.

According to Edafe, the police acting up on the husbands concern, dispatched a team to rescue him from the house and afterwards placed him in protective custody.

“He (the husband) was the one who called to report that his wife died early this morning and that he was receiving threats from her family, who feared he might be attacked. It was on this basis that we went to his house and brought him in for his own safety,” the Police spokesman stated.

The police spokesperson noted that since the deceased family had filed a complaint, detectives too have begun investigations to unravel the circumstances of the Governor’s aide death.

However, the Force PRO of the Command assured that the situation was being investigated.

His words, “We are currently investigating. In situations like this, only an autopsy can determine whether the death was natural or due to other causes."