Following the Death of Dr. Godwin Iwatt who was shot in his
office on May 6,2014,A suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder
of a lecturer in UNICAL. According to reports from Punch, a final year student
in the Department of Microbiology, University
of Calabar, has been
arrested over the murder of a lecturer in the department,Iwatt, who was the
examination officer in the department, later died on May 15, 2014.
The Cross
River State Police Command arrested a final year student, whose name was
withheld, in the Calabar South area. A policeman in the unit, who pleaded
anonymity, said, “The killer has been arrested. He said the shooting was done
with the assistance of three other students who are still at large.” The Police
source said the suspect was traced through some death threat messages he sent
to Iwatt, who allegedly refused to clear the student’s backlog of carryovers to
enable him proceed for the national youth service. “When he was arrested, he
denied knowledge of the shooting, but when he was confronted with the
evidences, including the text messages, he confessed that he was the culprit
along with three others.” The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Hogan
Bassey, said investigation was still ongoing. He said, “The principal suspect
has been arrested, but investigation is still ongoing,”
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