.. Irate students destroy property
Victory Paul, JSS1 student of Urban Secondary School located at Area N World Bank Housing Estate in Owerri, Imo ttate, shot by the proprietor of Par Excellence School, Barrister Donald Mbamah last Monday, has been confirmed dead.
Our correspondent who paid a visit to the school Friday, gathered from the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the school that the 11 year-old boy died as a result of wounds sustained from the gunshot on his private part and intestines.
The main gate of Urban School was also seen under lock and key as the school authorities ordered students to go home to avoid breakdown of law and order.
Meanwhile, the property of Par Excellence School have been destroyed by people believed to be students of Urban Secondary School.
Items destroyed included two black jeeps parked in the compound, a power bike, big generator, chairs desks, windows, doors etc
The youth of the neighbourhood later locked the school with a padlock to deny a surging crowd access to the school premises as the proprietor was still in police net.
The Imo Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Henry Okoye, has also confirmed the boy’s death and assured that justice would prevail as the proprietor was still undergoing interrogation at the Criminal Investigation Department of the command.
He added that he would be arraigned in court after investigation.