Nigeria, Aug. 20 -- The police in Rivers State have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly macheting his 44-year-old girlfriend to death.

The police spokesperson in the state, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement posted on Facebook on Tuesday.

The suspect, identified as "Kingsley Chinamezu, aka Power Sharp," from Ogbo-Hill, Abia State, allegedly macheted his girlfriend to death on 30 July in the Umuebule Community, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State.

"After committing the heinous crime, the suspect fled to Egbeta village in Edo State and began issuing further threats to the victim's family members, boasting that he could still harm them without consequences.

"Upon a formal complaint by the victim's family and pr...