A woman is now in a coma at a hospital after falling from a storey building in Mbonu Ejike, Owerri, Imo, after allegedly being pushed by her sister’s boyfriend on Sunday.

The police command spokesperson, Henry Okoye, said the man was detained on Monday.

Mr Okoye said, “People have been spreading information that the girl is no longer alive, but that is not true. I spoke with the DPO now, who confirmed to me that he is currently at the hospital, and that she is also at the hospital, although in critical condition. I’m also seeing reports flying around that the girl refused to sleep with the man, and the man then threw her down. That also has not been confirmed.

“The suspect who is now with us revealed that he was having an altercation with the girl. In the process, someone knocked at their door, and he went to open it. Upon getting to the door, she heard a noise from the back door, it happened to be that the girl ran and jumped through the staircase, but I don’t know, I was not there. Eyewitnesses also saw what happened.

“For now, the families of the victim and the suspect are even telling us that they doubt if the young man could do that kind of thing. The young man is praying that the victim survives, so that she can also testify. She’s in a coma now. She has been transferred to a better hospital.”

Asked what the victim was running from that made her fall from the balcony, Mr Okoye said, “I don’t know. This is what the suspect told us. To me, what he said does not really add up very well.”

He said investigators had been sent to the scene to gather witness testimonies.