A student at the Ijaw National High School, Arogbo, in the Ese-Odo council area of Ondo State, has fallen victim to a brutal attack by a supposed lunatic.
17-year-old Meretighan Timibra was allegedly strangled by 27-year-old suspect, Oke Loya.
Reports indicate that Loya, who had sought refuge from the rain in the school’s security gatehouse, had a verbal exchange with Timibra.
It is claimed that the student confronted Loya, calling him a madman. After their heated exchange, Timibra returned to his classroom to sit his Junior West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) test.
An eyewitness that spoke with newsmen revealed that Loya tracked down Timibra in his classroom and launched a fatal attack on the student while he was taking his exam.
The eyewitness said, “The incident was just like a film.
“It started like a joke. The victim and other students were coming to school for their junior WAEC examination when the rain suddenly started.
“They all ran to take shelter at the school security gatehouse. They met other people at the gatehouse.
“This particular student challenged the suspect and asked what he was doing at the school security gatehouse.
“After much exchange of hot words, he called him a mad man and other students also joined to mock the suspect.
“The suspect later went to the victim’s classroom where he attacked him while he was writing his exams.
“He grabbed the victim, put his head under his armpit and strangled him to death.
“Everyone in the classroom including the teachers, scampered for safety leaving the victim.
“By the time they returned with the school principal, it was the lifeless body of the student that they met.
“The suspect escaped from the scene of the crime but was reportedly arrested later by the police detectives.”
The state police command spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, confirmed the incident.
Odunlami said that the principal of the school reported the ugly incident at the police station.
She said, “The Principal of the school came to the station and reported that one Oke Loya, aged 27 who took a shed at the school security gate during rain strangled to death one Meretighan Timibra aged 17 years of Arogbo lbe.”
She added that the suspect who has been arrested, claimed during interrogation that “the students called him a mad man.
The police spokesperson said that the suspect would soon be charged to court with murder.