The Delta state police command is looking into the death of Mr Prince Chukwuedo Iwelu, a contractor with the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, who went missing on Monday 8th of April, 2019 and was later found dead.
The 43-year-old deceased, an indigene of Ogwashi-uku and a contractor with the institution since 2010, was reportedly killed within the school premises.
His decomposed body was reportedly found in one of the uncompleted buildings, four days after he was reported missing by his wife.
It was learnt that the deceased, who until his death, was the Asaba branch youth president of Ogwashi-Uku community, had instituted a court case against the school management for unlawfully terminating his contract.
According to the institution’s sources, Chukwuebo arrived at the school for the collection of N15m, being the proceeds of printed identity cards and other jobs executed for the school, on Tuesday.
He was said to have had a closed-door meeting with some top management staff for the payment. “We were told that the contractor’s body was lying in an uncompleted building inside the school compound four days after,” a source said.
Another source said that the deceased’s wife went to the school to know the whereabouts of her husband, having waited in vain for his return.
The source said the wife protested at the school gate and demanded to see the Rector, Prof Stella Chieneka, over her husband’s whereabouts but was prevented from gaining access into the school by some security men.
He said the wife became suspicious and reported the case at the Ogwashi-Uku Police Division.
It was gathered that the police invited some management staff for questioning on the incident.