A 24 years old student named Matilda Mark was stabbed to death in
her private apartment outside the school campus.
Matilda Mark was also a
ballet dancer, who performed at the Salvation Ministry’s headquarters in Port
Harcourt during the 57th birthday celebration of the church’s founder.
It
was explained that the killers broke into the victim’s apartment at night and
allegedly raped her before stabbing her to death, a development that forced
most of her course mates to shun classes on Tuesday.
It
was learnt that Matilda lived in the apartment with other female students, but
on the night of the incident, she was alone.
The
source stated, “Her killers broke into her room near the Rivers State
University campus’ main gate. The compound is close to other houses; we only
knew her as Matilda and she was 24 years old. She danced ballet at the
Salvation Ministry during our papa’s 57th birthday celebration.
“When
the news broke on Tuesday, her friends and other final year law students could
not attend classes due to the shock. I heard that Matilda lived with two other
female students, who were not around on the night of the incident.”
When
contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, told one of
our Correspondents that the body of the deceased had been recovered and
deposited in a mortuary.
Omoni
stated that while investigation was ongoing to fish out those behind Matilda’s
murder, it had not been confirmed that the victim was raped before being
stabbed to death.
The PPRO
said, “That she was raped is not the true reflection of what happened. But I
can confirm that a young woman of about 24 years of age, who was staying off
campus, was killed on Tuesday by assailants.
“The
assailants stabbed her to death. We have recovered the corpse and it is in the
mortuary. We have spoken to her family and investigation is ongoing, as the
matter has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and
Intelligence Department.
“No arrest
has been made so far.”
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