Boyfriend allegedly butchers 300-level UNIPORT female student to death in Rivers

A 300-level Biochemistry female student of the University of Port Harcourt, Otuene Justina Nkang, who had been reported missing has been allegedly butchered to death by her boy friend, identified as Collins, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital.

It was gathered that the man reportedly killed the girl in his home situated at at Road 15, NTA Road in the oil-rich city.

The mutilated body of the deceased was said to have been found by his estate security personnel when the suspect was trying to dispose it.

It was learnt that some residents of the estate who stormed the suspect’s apartment after the security team raised the alarm,also discovered her dismembered body parts in bloody sacks.

It was also learnt that the suspect is a student of the Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Port Harcourt.

He was reportedly whisked to the police station while the deceased’s body parts were taken to the morgue.

When contacted, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, a), said the Commissioner of Police would address the press on the development by 12 p.m. on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the management of the University has condemned the killing of Otuene-Nkang.

The Dean of Students Affairs, UNIPORT, Chima Wokocha, made this known in an interview with newsmen shortly after himself and the Vice Chancellor of UNIPORT, Professor Georgewill Owunari, paid a visit to the police station where the suspect was being held.

Professor Wokocha named the suspect as Okoligwe Damian Chimeme of the Department of Petroleum Engineering.

He said the university was embarrassed and would not rest until justice was done.