Metro
Catechist caught with lover’s corpse in Benue on the run
One Oliver Vershima, a Catechist attached to St. Martins Parish Mbape in Adikpo deanery, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, is currently on the run following the death of his lover.
Vershima was said to have taken to his heels having been caught with the corpse of a woman suspected to be his lover while he was trying to dispose it.
Terhemba, a native of the community, who spoke to journalists in the early hours of Tuesday, said the incident happened last Saturday.
According to him, the catechist who was assigned to work at St. Agustine Zone, Jov Mbahura with the name Oliver Vershima was caught with a lady’s dead body around 7 pm on Saturday.
“On questioning him, it was discovered that he (Oliver) had impregnated the lady and they tried to terminate the pregnancy but in the process, the lady lost her life early hours of the day (Saturday).
“To conceal this, the catechist hid the dead body inside his room until nightfall so he could take the body out of the village and possibly run away.
Read also: Gov Sule suspends inauguration of Nasarawa 7th Assembly over insecurity
“Unfortunately for him, he was caught while trying to carry the body out of the village but he later escaped in the melee,” Terhemba said.
Terhemba added that the identity of the lady was yet to be ascertained, but is believed to have come from a neighboring community.
The Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Catherine Anene, who confirmed the incident, said that the corpse of the lady had been recovered and deposited at the hospital morgue.
Anene said: “Corpse of the said young girl who was said to have visited her man friend was recovered and taken to the mortuary after a report was received but the said Oliver is yet to be seen as he brought the corpse out of his room and ran away.
The PPRO said that the investigation was ongoing as the cause of death is yet unknown.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...