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Pastor And His Daughter Stab Nurse To Death

Peace and order of the Umuchoko community in Ngor Okpala council Area of Imo state was punctured following the alleged cruel murder of Calista Nzubechukwu Uzoigwe by a pastor and his daughter over a phone battery.

According to Daily Sun, the cleric popularly known as ‘Esom Jehovah’ and the presiding pastor of Assemblies of God Church, Umuohiagu III, Umuanyamele village, had engaged with the deceased in a quarrel before his daughter known as “The Pee” stabbed the young woman to death.

According to an eyewitness, Calista, who was from Okpanku community in Aninri area of Enugu state, had accused the pastor’s daughter of stealing her battery and charger.

The man of God reacted angrily to the allega­tion against his daughter. He mercilessly beat up de­ceased before his daughter went, took a kitchen knife and stuck it deep into Calista’s back.

Speaking about the incident, Umuchoko Umuohiagu, a co-tenant to the pastor and medical doctor in charge of Graceland Hospital, said that Callista died immediately. She was rushed to Holy Rosary Hospital, Emekuku in Owerri North LGA of the state where she was confirmed dead and deposited in the hospital morgue.

The medical doctor who revealed that the deceased was undergoing training in his clinic said that he was not at the scene when the tragic incident happened. However, he recalled that he met the deceased in a pool of her blood about 2:30 pm that fateful day on return to the hospital fol­lowing a call from other nurses who witnessed the tragedy.

Leadership reports, the pastor and his family hail from Ohubaa in Ohaji/Egbema LGA of the state. They are presently held at Umuneke Ngor Divisional Police Station alongside another colleague of the pastor who wanted to help him to escape.

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