Sad! Caretaker kills Poly student over house rent in Imo (Photos)

Anthony Chinweotito Emmanuel, a student of Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, has been confirmed dead after the caretaker in charge of the off-campus hotel where he lived used a wooden stick and saw blade on him during an argument arising from payment of rent.

Anthony, a first year student of the Department of Building Technology, was hit on his stomach during the fight on Tuesday, but died on Saturday night in a hospital.

According to some of the students in the hostel, the caretaker of Ezinwanne Lodge, had locked up the water supply because some students refused to pay the full house rent.

This, it was gathered, led to argument that they did not live in the hostel between March 2020 and January, 2021 following the Covid-19 lockdown.

Following the excrucuating agony they faced while the taps were locked, the students in the lodge identified as “Ezinwanne Hostel” decided to open the tap and fetch water in the absence of the caretaker.

When the caretaker came back and saw the tap opened, he proceeded to use a saw and cut open the water pipe.

The angry students began exchanging words with the caretaker and Anthony was allegedly stabbed by the caretaker, who was said to have also gone ahead to hit the student with a plank.

The caretaker was said to have ran away immediately, leaving the student in the pool of his blood.

It was fellow students who took Anthony to the nearby hospital where he was rejected until he was taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri where he died on Saturday.

The spokesman of Imo Police Command, Orlando Ikeokwu said, he was not aware of the matter but would call the divisional police officer in charge of Nekede Police Station to get clear picture of the incident.

However, a source at the Nekede police station, who confirmed the incident, said the caretaker is in police net and the case would be handed over on Monday to the State CID for further investigation.