A security guard was reportedly stabbed to death by yet-to-be-identified assailants at his duty post at Noel Ojei Holdings Limited along Asaba/Benin expressway, by summit junction in Asaba, Delta State.
The deceased, Mr. Mark Jidel, was stabbed to death on 5 January 2020. He was said to have, at different times, complained that the hoodlums frequently visit the company to vandalise the company’s property.
A source who pleaded anonymity said that the day he was killed Mr. Jidel was at his night duty when the criminals invaded the company and stabbed him on his shoulder, inserted an iron into his body, and covered the blood splashes with ashes.
“It was a good Samaritan, Mr. John Ifeokwu, who discovered the body the following morning before he alerted the police” the source said.
He said that the security guard had been complaining about the frequent attack and vandalization of the company’s property to the management and even to his church pastor because he (Mark) was a dedicated Christian.
The deceased body was said to have been deposited at Federal Medical Centre (FMC) mortuary by the management of the company.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya who confirmed the incident on Thursday, said that investigation is ongoing to unravel the circumstance that led to the death of the guard.
She said,
“For now, no arrest has been made but I will find out from the division in charge of the area for the update. Investigation still ongoing and the command is intensifying efforts to arrest the hoodlums.”
