A 21-year-old 300-level student of Imo State University (IMSU), Francis Marvellous has allegedly stabbed to death a final year student of Federal University of Technology, Owerri, (FUTO), identified as Chinagorom Kingsley (22).
Penpushing reports that the Imo State Police Command Public Relations Officer Henry Okoye confirmed this in a statement on Friday, adding that the suspect was later arrested in response to a distress call from the Chief Security Officer of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, (FUTO
The police spokesperson in the statement explained that following the distress call by Patrick Egwu, a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police who is the Chief Security Officer of the university, police operatives raced to the scene rescued the suspect who was almost being lynched by angry mob.
Penpushing further reports that Okoye, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said the suspect was later arrested adding that the corpse of the victim was recovered and rushed to Federal Medical Center, Owerri where he was confirmed dead and deposited at the mortuary
‘The body of the victim was recovered and rushed to Federal Medical Center, Owerri where he was confirmed dead and deposited at the mortuary. On interrogation the suspect confessed to the crime, admitting that he had a heated argument with personnel of the university’s Man O’ War Unit on 29 February at about 22:00hrs during which he brought out a knife he neatly concealed in his trousers and stabbed the victim to death’, Okoye stated.
Penpushing also reports that Okoye stated that the suspect mentioned three others who were with him during the fight which include the suspect’s brother, Francis Promise, another identified simply as Prince and a man popularly known as ‘Soji.’
The Command Public Relations Officer, however, was silence on where the incident happened, but explained that efforts are ongoing to arrest other suspects on the run, to ascertain their involvement in the alleged crime
‘Efforts are on top gear to arrest the suspects at large and ascertain their involvement in the case. The suspects will be arraigned in court upon completion of investigation by the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID),” he said.
Penpushing reports that Commissioner of Police Aboki Danjuma has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) to handle the case and ensure that the arrested suspect and those peddling the fake news are prosecuted in line with the law.
FOOTNOTE: You want to share story with us? You want to advertise with us? You need publicity for product, or service, or event? Contact us on WhatsApp +2348073463653 or email penpushing@yahoo.com
