A female student (name withheld) of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, Isoko North LGA has been reportedly hacked to death by her lover over alleged infidelity, The Nation has learnt.
The Nation gathered the lovers cohabited off campus in a rented room.
The suspect is a graduate of the tertiary institution.
It was learnt trouble started after the suspect accused the deceased of infidelity on Saturday night and a fight broke out leading to her death. They have a child together.
The suspect took the corpse to the State General Hospital in the morning where she was confirmed dead, it was learnt.
A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity said: ” It happened today (Saturday) at Ozoro. A guy beat his girlfriend to death with machete.
“People said he was high that he didn’t do it with his clear eyes because he didn’t run away after killing her, instead, he rushed her to a general hospital.
“I just confirmed that the girl is a student of the school, but the guy is not. Maybe he has graduated.
“The guy must have been on drugs last night It was this morning that the guy regained himself.
“After seeing what he had done, he rushed the girl to the hospital.”
A video footage seen by this reporter showed a lifeless female body lying on a stretcher while the suspect was being flogged with a cane by a mob.
Efforts to reach Delta Police Command image maker, DSP Bright Edafe, proved abortive as he neither picked his call not responded to text.