- The commissioner also implored members of the public to disregard assertions on social media claiming the deceased was killed by Fulani herders
In Imo State, one Francis Marvellous, 21, has allegedly stabbed one Chinagorom Marvellous Kingsley to death, the police in the south east have said.
Francis, male, is a 300-level student of Imo State University, IMSU, Owerri, while 22-year-old Kingsley was a final year student of the Federal University of Technology Owerri, FUTO.
The suspect has since been arrested by the police and was paraded at the police headquarters in Owerri on Friday.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma, said Francis was arrested after the police responded to a distress call from the Chief Security Officer, CSO, of FUTO, retired DSP Patrick Egwu.
He added that the police officers on convoy patrol who got the call promptly arrested the suspect who was almost lynched at the scene by an irate mob.
The commissioner also implored members of the public to disregard assertions on social media claiming the deceased was killed by Fulani herders.
He stated that efforts were being made to arrest other suspects who Francis claim were accessories to the crime.
The CP said,” 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 29/03/2024 at about 2200hrs during which he brought out a knife he neatly concealed in his trousers and stabbed the victim to death. He mentioned three others who were with him during the fight. They include his brother Francis Promise, Prince and a man popularly known as Soji.
“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 a comprehensive investigation by the State Criminal Investigation Department SCID.
“The Command, therefore, is using this medium to dispel the false narratives making the rounds on social media that the victim was stabbed to death by Hausa Fulani/Northern, warning that the misinformation is the handiwork of mischief makers who want to provoke unnecessary intertribal conflict between the good people of Imo State and the Northerners residing in the State.
“The Commissioner of Police Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department to take charge of the case and ensure that the suspects involved in this case and purveyors of fake news are arrested made to face the full wrath of the law. “
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