DELTA NEWS

 Warri cultist hack DELSU student to death

… 20mins after telling father: ‘I ll kill your son’ 

Tragedy struck in Warri, Delta State, last weekend when a 300-level student of the Delta State University, Abraka, was hacked to death allegedly by a suspected cultist because of a N5,000 internet modem.

The victim, Solomon Onyeoghani, was a student in the Department of Business Education, while his alleged killer, 29-year-old Chukwu Kelubia was of the Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Edo State.

It was gathered that the incident occurred barely hours after Onyeoghani returned from school. He was said to be on his way to visit his mother, a petty trader, when he was attacked by Kelubia.

Sources at Osamede Street, Okumagba Layout, where the incident occurred, told Nation Evening Express that the suspected cultist had earlier accused his victim of stealing his GSM internet modem, an allegation that the deceased denied.

However, unknown to him, Kelubia was lurking at No13 Osamede Street on the fateful day. He was reportedly armed with jagged-edged broken bottle.

“He chased Solomon and stabbed him severally on the neck. As the boy was running he kept on stabbing him. Desperate for help, Solomon ran towards a private hospital close by, but he fell down and gave up the ghost at the entrance.”

Confirming the report, the bereaved father of the deceased, Mr. Augustine Onyoghani, said his son’s alleged killer, who is a feared leader of one of the notorious cult groups in the area, had earlier came to inform him “that he would kill my son over the missing internet modem.”

“Not up to one hour that the boy (Kelubia) left, someone came to tell me that Solo was dead. I didn’t know that the boy meant to kill my son. They did not fight. The boy rushed out from nowhere and started stabbing him with broken bottle. He stabbed him severally on the neck.”

Although the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Charles Muka, could not be reached for comment, a high ranking officer at the 'B' Division, Warri, confirmed the report, disclosing that the father of the suspect had relocated to the station for fear of attack by angry mob.