One Francis Marvellous of Imo State University has killed a final-year student of the same institution, Marvellous Kingsley.
The incident happened on Thursday night after an altercation broke out between both in the campus.
In an account of it, which the State Command’s spokesman, Henry Okoye gave via a statement, Francis stabbed the victim with a knife during a heated argument with members of the university’s Man O’ War unit.
Okoye said the 21-year-old suspect was almost lynched to death by angry mob in reprisal attack but the police answering a distress call saved the situation.
“Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested an alleged 300-level student of Imo State University, Owerri, named Francis Marvellous ‘m’, 21years, who hails from Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State for allegedly stabbing to death Chinagorom Marvellous Kingsley ‘m’, 22yrs, who is a final year student of the Federal University of Technology Owerri and a member the university’s Man O’ War unit.
“The arrest was a sequel to a swift response to a distress call received from the Chief Security Officer of FUTO, retired DSP Patrick Egwu, by police operatives on convoy patrol who promptly arrested the suspect who was almost lynched at the scene by an angry mob. 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 members of the university’s Man O’ War unit 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,” the statement read in part.
