A final year student of the Imo State
University, Blessing Amam, was on Monday found dead alongside her lover,
identified as Emeka in her hostel in Umudagu-Mbieri, Mbaitoli Local
Government Area of the state.
Southern City News learnt on
Tuesday that the deceased student was a final year student in the
Department of Theatre Arts, who was expected to graduate in August.
It was learnt that she slept in her
hostel room with her lover on Sunday but both of them could not wake up
the next day (Monday).
A neighbour, who craved anonymity, said
it was the smell from the deceased room that alerted other occupants who
had returned from school that something was wrong.
She said, “The students came back from
school and started inhaling very offensive smell and on inquiry, it was
discovered that it was from Blessing Amam’s room.
“Her flat mates called her but she did
not respond. The door was forcefully opened and behold, Blessing and her
lover were found dead. There were blood stains and marks on their
bodies. Blood equally gushed out from their mouths and nostrils.”
The source, who expressed worry over the
circumstances that could have led to the death of the suspected lovers,
maintained that the deceased were full of life the night before, adding
that there was no indication that they were in any trouble or distress
in the room that night.
When our correspondent visited the
hostel, nobody including the security guards was seen, as the whole
compound including the street was deserted.
On inquiry, our correspondent was told that the students had fled because they did not want to be arrested by the police.
The state Police Public Relations
Officer, Mr. Andrew Enwerem, who confirmed the incident said, “It was a
case of sudden and unnatural death.”
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He, however, said that the state
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Dasuki Galandanchi, had ordered an
investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of the lovers
.“It is confirmed. It is a case of sudden and unnatural death. The
commissioner of police has called for a thorough investigation into the
matter. On receipt of the information, our men at Mbieri division rushed
to the scene of the incident.
“The necessary information that aid
investigation process has been collected but we call on the members of
the public that has pieces of information that will help us unravel the
circumstances that led to the death to please come forward,” he said.
The Director of Information, IMSU
Students’ Union Government, Mr Desmond Joseph, who also confirmed the
death of the final year student and her lover said, “Amam Blessing, a
400 level student of Imo State University, Department of Theatre Art is
dead. She was found dead alongside her boyfriend.
“Their bodies were discovered because of
the offensive smell that perturbed neighbours who traced the source.
They broke the door to discover Blessing and her boyfriend with stains
of blood from their mouths, nose and other parts of their bodies. We
also gathered that such incident had happened in the past in a house
somewhere in Owerri.”
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