Okpala council Area of Imo State was punctured at the
weekend following the alleged gruesome murder of
Miss Calista Nzubechukwu Uzoigwe by a pastor and his
daughter over a phone battery.
Sunday sun reliably gathered that the cleric popularly
known as 'Esom Jehovah' and the presiding pastor of
Assemblies of God Church, Umuohiagu III, Umuan
yamele village had engaged with the deceased in a
brawl before his first daughter known as "The Pee"
stabbed her at the back and she died on the spot.
Callista, 23 who was from Okpanku community in
Aninri area of Enugu State had allegedly accused
pastor's daughter of stealing her battery and charger.
Confirming the incident, a co-tenant to the pastor and
medical doctor in charge of Graceland Hospital,
Umuchoko Umuohiagu told Sunday Sun that Miss Cal
lista died immediately she was stabbed but 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 disclosed that the deceased
was undergoing training in his clinic stated that he was
not at the scene when the tragic incident occurred,
however 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 distress call from other nurses
who witnessed it all.
According to an eyewitness who preferred anonymity
the trouble had ensued between the deceased and
pastor's family when the former confronted her
assailant over a missing phone battery and charger.
She said that a boy in the compound had given the
deceased a phone battery and charger to assist him
recharge it but that Pastor Esom Jehovah's first
daughter allegedly stole the items which were later
found in her custody five day later when search for the
items had exhausted.
The pastor, it was gathered had reacted angrily to the
allegation against her daughter and had confronted the
deceased which resulted in a brawl and the man of God
mercilessly beat up deceased before his daughter went
and picked a kitchen knife and stuck it deep into
Callista's back while her father held the nurse down.
A source revealed that the knife pierced through the
back to her chest and she bled profusely, and
eventually died.
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