Tension As NOUN Student Found Dead Inside His Room

There is tension in Nnobi and environs following the sudden death of an Okada operator Uchenna Omeh reportedly found dead in his room in Ifite village Nnobi community Anambra State three days after he was released from police detention. 

But the Police Pubic Relations Officer (PPRO) Emeka Chukwuemeka said unofficial reports had it that the man committed suicide but assured that he was yet to get the official report on the matter.
“I have not been briefed officially on the matter but an unofficial report had it that the man committed suicide.
When I am briefed I will tell you’’. At the scene of the incident, Omeh’s body has been removed, and the door to his room shut with all members of the compound on the run for fear of being arrested by the police to explain what they know on the incident.
Late Omeh was also a palm fruit cutter and a student of National Open University, according to neighbours died three days after he was released from police cell under mysterious circumstances Omeh was a native of Abakaliki in Ebonyi State. He was said to be having a running battle with the brother of his landlord identified as Ifeanyi Nsofor before his sudden death yesterday.
His legs were said to have been burnt severely and his body bruised even as his hands were resting as if he was battling to free himself from unseen assailants.
His dead body was found dangling from a rope tied to the ceiling in his room at Nsofor’s Compound in Ifite Nnobi where he lives even as it was said that prior to his death Omeh and Ifeanyi had a bitter quarrel over the burning of refuse close to his window by Ifeanyi ‘s wife which allegedly made Ifeanyi to invite the police to arrest him.
After the alleged arrest and detention, late Omeh was released Wednesday and was last seen Friday evening after taking his bath and going into his room but never woke until yesterday the alarm was raised about his lifeless body.
But the late Omeh’s landlord brother Ifeanyi Nsofor admitted having problem with the late Omeh which led him to invite the police to arrest Omeh, explaining that he involved the police because of threat from the deceased to kill him with a cutlass.
His words, “Yes we had a quarrel over burning of refuse. He went and carried a cutlass and threatened to kill me. I took his photograph and went to invite the police .
He was arrested on Wednesday and released on Friday. I was not at home when it happened. I heard he hanged himself”, Nsofor said


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