By Henry Emeana
The entire Imo State University, IMSU Owerri was on Sunday thrown into mourning mood when the report that an undergraduate of the citadel of higher learning,a 300-level law student was found dead
Chiwueze, was on Monday declared missing after after he failed to return back with his phone lines switched off.
The deceased, a native of Oguta Local Government Area of the state, was said to be deeply involved in students union politics.
He was said to have two weeks ago declared his intention to vie for the office of senate president of National Association of Imo State Students (NAISS).
The president of Students Union Government of IMSU, Arinze Oguike, who confirmed the development to our correspondent on Sunday, informed that the corpse of the law undergraduate was found in the morgue of Umuguma General hospital, Owerri, on Sunday.
He said that the students stormed the mortuary and the attendant told them that the corpse was allegedly deposited by the management of a private hospital, in Owerri.
The student leader said “the attendant told us that his corpse was brought by people from a private hospital on Whetheral Road. We will go to the hospital to find out how they took custody of the student’s corpse”, he said.
Sources close to the deceased told our correspondent that Kingsley was declared missing since Monday.
When contacted, the IMSU spokesperson, Ralph Njokuobi, said that he would communicate the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof Peter Akah, about the incident.
The police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, said that he had not been briefed.
