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Missing Imo Student Found Dead

A student of Imo State University, Owerri, Kingsley Chiwueze, has been found dead.
Chiwueze, a 300-level law student, was on Monday declared missing after several attempts to find him were unsuccessful.

A student of Imo State University, Owerri, Kingsley Chiwueze, has been found dead.

He was found dead five days after he was declared missing.

Chiwueze, a 300-level law student, was on Monday declared missing after effects made to find him proved abortive.

It was gathered that the deceased, who was involved in student unionism, hailed from Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.

According to Punch, Chiwueze had two weeks ago made his intention known to vie for the office of senate president of the National Association of Imo State Students.

The president of the Students’ Union of IMSU, Arinze Oguike, confirmed the latest development on Sunday.

Oguike disclosed that the corpse of the law undergraduate was found in the morgue of Umuguma General Hospital, Owerri, on Sunday.

The student leader added that the students stormed the mortuary and the attendant told them that the corpse was allegedly deposited by the management of St Joseph Hospital, Wetheral, Owerri.

“The attendant told us that his corpse was brought by people from St Joseph hospital, Whetheral.

“We will go to the hospital to find out how they took custody of the student,” Oguike said.

The Imo State University spokesperson, Ralph Njokuobi, when contacted said that he would communicate with the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Peter Akah, about the incident.

On his part, the Police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, said he had not been briefed.