Tragedy struck yesterday
at Ubomiri community in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State when a
20-year-old girl allegedly stabbed her undergraduate lover to death with a kitchen knife in their house.
The suspect, Chisom
Anyanwu who is a student of Akwakuama Girls Secondary School, Owerri had
allegedly killed his lover, who visited her following an argument.
The deceased, simply
identified as Apo, aged 28, an undergraduate and a native of Egbeada also in
Mbaitoli council area had paid an unscheduled visit to his girlfriend at their
family house at about noon yesterday.
However, it was learnt
that trouble started between the two lovers when the suspect who was cooking,
did not take kindly to the deceased’s unscheduled visit to her family house.
She asked him to leave immediately as she would not want her elder brothers and
sisters to see him.
But the deceased
allegedly refused to leave and in the altercation that ensued between the two
lovers, Chisom allegedly grabbed the kitchen knife and stabbed Apo on the
chest.
The deceased, who was
said to be the only son of his parents, according to an eyewitness, was rushed
to the Christian Medical Centre, Nworieubi in the area where he eventually
died.
However, angry youths of
Egbeada community, on hearing of the death of their kinsman, stormed the
family house of the suspect and allegedly set it ablaze.
The state police
command’s spokesman, Mr. Andrew Enwerem (DSP), said the suspect is in their
custody, while investigation on the matter has commenced.
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