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There was uproar over the weekend after the caretaker of one of the off-campus hostels at the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, Ezinwanne Lodge, killed a student of the institution, Anthony Chinweotito Emmanuel.
It was gathered that Anthony, a first-year student of the Department of Building Technology, was hit with a saw blade on his stomach on Tuesday but died Saturday night in a hospital.
According to reports from some students in the hostel, the unidentified caretaker had locked up the water supply because some students refused to pay the full house rent.
The students had argued that they did not live in the hostel between March 2020 and January 2021, due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
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The police in Imo State have launched a manhunt for a caretaker, whose name has not been ascertained, for allegedly killing a 100-level student of the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Anthony Chinweotito.
The incident, which happened at the Ezinwanne Lodge, Nekede, caused tempers to flare in the area.
The students of the institution went on the rampage and destroyed the windows and doors of the hostel.
Our correspondent gathered that the caretaker, who is now on the run, had engaged in a heated argument with the occupants of the lodge over rent.
While the students argued that concession should be given to them since they did not enjoy the rents they paid last year as a result of the several months of lockdown, which affected academic activities, the caretaker was said to have insisted that they must pay the new rents in full.