The remains of a 300-level Law student of the Imo State University, Owerri, Kingsley Chiwueze, has been found in the morgue of the Umuguma General Hospital, Owerri, on Sunday five days after he was declared missing.
The deceased was declared missing on Monday after his whereabouts became unknown and efforts to find him proved futile.
Reports say Chiwueze who actively involved in students’ politics, hailed from the Oguta Local Government Area of the state.
The deceased had a fortnight ago declared his intention to contest for the office of Senate President of the National Association of Imo State Students.
The President, Students Union Government, IMSU, Arinze Oguike, who confirmed the development to Punch, said the corpse was found in the morgue of the Umuguma General Hospital, Owerri, on Sunday.
He said students of the institution stormed the mortuary and the attendant told them that the corpse was deposited by the management of the St. Joseph Hospital, Wetheral, Owerri.
The student leader said, “The attendant told us that Chiwueze’s corpse was brought by people from the St. Joseph hospital, Wetheral. We will go to the hospital to find out how they took custody of the student.”
One Darlington Ibekwe, said, “Kingsley hailed from the Oguta Local Government Area. Kingsley was declared missing on Monday and was just found; it happened that he was one of the victims of the shooting on Douglas Road and the most painful thing about all of this is the fact that the state government’s media handlers have come out to say that no life was lost to the security challenges.
“When Divine, an IMSU student, was shot dead last week, someone called her irresponsible and asked what a girl would be doing outside by that time.”
When contacted, Orlando Ikeokwu, the police spokesman for the state, said that he was yet to be briefed about the latest finding.