One Oliver Vershima, a Catechist attached to St. Martins Parish Mbape in Adikpo deanery, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, is currently on the run following the death of his lover.
The catechist was said to have taken to his heels after been caught with the corpse of a woman suspected to be his lover.
He was said to be planning to dispose the lady’s body when he was caught but still escaped.
A native from the community who simply identified himself as Terhemba told journalists on Tuesday that the incident happened last Saturday.
According to him, 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.
“Unfortunately for him, he was caught while trying to carry the body out of the village but he later escaped in the melee,” Terhemba added
He further said that the identity of the lady was yet to be ascertained, but she is believed to have come from a neighboring community.
The Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Catherine Anene, while confirming the incident, said 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.
