Catechist On The Run Over Lover’s Death

Following the passing of his girlfriend, a catechist from St. Martin’s Parish Mbape in Benue state’s Adikpo deanery, Kwande Local Government Area, is reportedly at large.

Oliver Vershima, the recognized catechist, is reported to have fled after being found with a woman’s corpse who was thought to be his lover.
He was allegedly preparing to dispose of the woman’s body when he was apprehended, but he still managed to flee.

In the wee hours of Tuesday, a local who only gave his name as Terhemba told journalists that the incident took place last Saturday.

He said that the catechist who was assigned to work at St. Agustine Zone, Jov Mbahura with the name Oliver Vershima was caught with a lady’s dead body around 7 pm on Saturday.

“On questioning him, it was discovered that he (Oliver) had impregnated the lady and they tried to terminate the pregnancy but in the process, the lady lost her life early hours of the day (Saturday).
“To conceal this, the catechist hid the dead body inside his room until nightfall so he could take the body out of the village and possibly run away.

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“Unfortunately for him, he was caught while trying to carry the body out of the village but he later escaped in the melee,” Terhemba said.

While stating that the identity of the lady was yet to be ascertained, Terhemba added that the lady came from a neighboring community.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer for the State Command, SP, Catherine Anene said that the corpse of the lady had been recovered and deposited at the hospital morgue.

Anene said, “Corpse of the said young girl who was said to have visited her man friend was recovered and taken to the mortuary after a report was received but the said Oliver is yet to be seen as he brought the corpse out of his room and ran away.

The PPRO said that the investigation was ongoing as the cause of death is yet unknown.

 

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