Anambra: Security guard stabs teenage church member to death

• The church premises is said to be enveloped by eerie silence and apprehension as the incident casts a long dark shadow of sadness on the worship place

One David Isaac has allegedly stabbed a yet-to-be-identified teenager to death in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Isaac is a security guard attached to St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, Nkpor Uno , where the incident happened.

The deceased, who was also a member of the church, was said to have bled to death on the way to the hospital.

The incident reportedly happened inside the church premises at about 8 pm last Tuesday.

The church premises is said to be enveloped by eerie silence and apprehension as the incident casts a long dark shadow of sadness on the worship place.

A source in the church who pleaded anonymity told Punch that the security guard under the employ of a private security company, stabbed the deceased in the neck during an altercation and he was confirmed dead when he was rushed to a nearby hospital.

The source said, “Trouble started when the security guard was patrolling around the church premises, which is their routine exercise. In the process, he saw the victim with another girl inside the church’s chapel staying in a compromised situation.

“Although we were in the church auditorium when we started hearing some noise from the chapel corner, when we got there, we saw the boy in a pool of blood. When interrogated, the security guard said he caught the victim having sex with a girl inside the church chapel at about 8 pm on that fateful day.

“The guard said he queried the boy as to why he was allegedly having intercourse inside a holy place like the Chapel, the victim denied having sex with the girl but insisted that he was only praying with the girl.

“When the guard insisted that he saw them having sex, the victim flayed up and engaged in a hot argument which headed to a fisticuff between the duo. It was at this point that the guard applied his dagger on the victim.”

Top official of the parish, who spoke in confidence with newsmen on the matter, confirmed that the suspect had been handed over to the police at the Ogidi Division for further investigations.

He added that the church had beefed up security within the premises since the incident occurred because friends and relations of the victim were threatening to burn down the chapel in protest.

The Divisional Police Officer, at Ogidi Police Division, Frank Amobi, confirmed the incident and explained that the suspect was in their custody.