Local guard, Isaac detained over alleged killing of ex-student with dagger in Anambra

By Cyprian Ebele, Oniitsha

A local vigilante operative attached to St. Alphonsus Catholic Church parish, Nkpor Uno, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state, is now cooling off at Ogidi Police station for allegedly stabbing an ex-student of the parish secondary school to death with a dagger.

The security operative simply identified as David Isaac, an indigene of Kogi state under the employ of Diamond Security Company, according to the source, had pierced the dagger through the neck of the victim during a scuffle and before he could be rushed to a nearby Crown hospital, he bled to death as the authorities confirmed him dead.

According to the source, “trouble started when the security operative was foot-patrolling around the church premises and he saw the victim having a sexual intercourse with a girl inside the Church Chapel at about 8 p.m. on that fateful day.

The source stated further that “when the guard queried the boy as to why he was allegedly having an intercourse inside a holy place like Chapel, the victim denied having sex with the girl but insisted that he was only praying with the girl and not having sex.

When the guard insisted that he saw them having the sex, the victim allegedly flayed up and threatened to engage him in a hot argument which nearly ended up in a fisticuff between the duo and it was at this point that the guard applied his dagger on the victim.

The Parish Priest of St Alphonsus Catholic Church, Rev.Fr. Peter Okoli could not be reached when newsmen visited but a top official of the parish who pleaded anonymity, confirmed that the suspect had been handed over to the police for further investigation,

The source added that the church has beefed up security within the premises since the incident occured because friends and relations of the victim were threatening to burn down the premises in a protest.

When contacted, the Ogidi Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Mr. Frank Amobi, who confirmed the incident, referred this reporter to the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Tochukwu Ikenga, (SP), for details