The latest development comes days after SaharaReporters exclusively reported that Umahi had allegedly sought to have both the police investigation and the planned autopsy transferred from Ebonyi State to Abuja following mounting public outrage over Habila's death.
Police authorities in Abuja have reportedly taken over the investigation into the controversial death of Mary Habila, the young woman who died at the residence of Nigeria's Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, amid growing public scrutiny over the case.
Sources familiar with the development told SaharaReporters that a police signal had been sent to the Ebonyi State Police Command directing officers in Abakaliki to hand over the investigation to authorities in Abuja.
The sources further disclosed that Habila's body is expected to be moved to the Federal Capital Territory as part of the takeover, where a forensic autopsy is likely to be conducted.
The latest development comes days after SaharaReporters exclusively reported that Umahi had allegedly sought to have both the police investigation and the planned autopsy transferred from Ebonyi State to Abuja following mounting public outrage over Habila's death.
