Murder: 16-year old student killed his female classmate for refusing his love advances

The people of Umuoli Ikpem in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo are in shock following the killing of a female secondary school student Olamma Ekwebelem by a 16-year-old classmate Chibuzo Ohaneme. According to the story first published by City Roound, Ohaneme was angered that Ekwebelem had repeatedly turned down his relationship proposal to her.

“The boy and the girl are classmates and of the same age. The boy had repeatedly asked her out but she refused. She reported the boy’s disturbances to her parents, who reprimanded him but he kept on disturbing the girl.

“Frustrated, the boy ambushed the girl and stabbed her to death. The community was about setting the boy’s father’s house ablaze when the police intervened,” the story stated.

When contacted, the police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed the incident, stating that the suspect had been arrested. He said “One Chibuzo Ohaneme of Umuohum Umuna, Onuimo LGA was arrested for the murder of his friend, Olamma Ekwebelem of Umuoli Ikpem.

“The suspect stabbed the victim in her stomach and she died. As I speak to you, the case file and the suspect have been transferred to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Owerri, for further investigation,” the Police spokesperson said.

It was gathered that while the murderer hails from Umuohum Umuna in the Onuimo LGA of the state, the slain teenager, who was to sit for Senior Secondary Certificate Examination in June, hailed from Ikpem.