Tragedy
struck in Warri, Delta State, last weekend, when a 300-level student of
the Delta State University, Abraka, was hacked to death allegedly by a
suspected cultist over a N5,000 internet modem.
The
victim, Solomon Onyeoghani, was a student in the Department of Business
Education, while his alleged killer, 29-year-old Chukwu Kelubia, is of
the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State.
It
was gathered that the incident occurred barely hours after Onyeoghani
returned from school. He was said to be on his way to visit his mother, a
petty trader, when he was attacked by Kelubia.
Sources
at Osamede Street, Okumagba Layout, where the incident occurred, told
Nation Evening Express that the suspected cultist had earlier accused
his victim of stealing his GSM internet modem, an allegation the
deceased reportedly denied.
However,
unknown to him, Kelubia was lurking at No13 Osamede Street on the
fateful day. He was reportedly armed with jagged-edged broken bottle.“He
chased Solomon and stabbed him severally on the neck. As the boy was
running, he kept on stabbing him.
Desperate for help, Solomon ran
towards a private hospital close by, but he fell down and died at the
entrance.” Confirming the report, father of the deceased, Mr. Augustine
Onyoghani, said his son’s alleged killer, who is a feared leader of one
of the notorious cult groups in the area, had earlier warned him “that
he would kill my son over the missing internet modem.”
“Not
up to one hour that the boy (Kelubia) left, someone came to tell me
that Solo was dead. I didn’t know that the boy meant to kill my son.
They did not fight. The boy rushed out from nowhere and started stabbing
him with broken bottle. He stabbed my son severally on the neck.”
Although
the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Charles Muka, could not be
reached for comment, a senior officer at the B Division confirmed the
incident, disclosing that the father of the suspect had relocated to the
station for fear of attack by angry mob.
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