Benue Catechist on the run over lover’s death
A Catechist simply identified as Oliver Vershima is said to be at large following the death of his lover.
According to The PUNCH, the Catechist from St. Martins Parish Mbape in Adikpo deanery, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue was said to have taken to his heels having been caught with the corpse of a woman suspected to be his lover.
He was said to be planning to dispose of the lady’s body when he was caught but still escaped.
A native from the community who simply identified himself as Terhemba said that in the early hours of Tuesday that the incident happened last Saturday.
He said that 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.
