STORY: How Customs officer killed daughter, 22 ..In attempt to shoot son

A retired Customs Officer James Igoche has accidentally killed his 22-year-old daughter, Joy, while attempting to shoot his son in anger. The incident, which happened last Wednesday at his behind North Bank Market residence threw the entire North Bank community into mourning.
According to the boy at the center of the whole incident, Ada Igoche who refused his picture to be taken, his father had told him earlier that day that he should not go to school due to the ongoing strike in universities but he disobeyed and went.

Ada said when he came back from school later that Wednesday evening, his father who accused him of smoking Indian hemp became furious and in the ensuing argument, went into his room and brought out a dane gun which he aimed at him. Meanwhile, Ada’s mother and sister, Joy who were in the house came out and started begging their father not to shoot his son but he aimed the dane gun at him but accidentally shot his daughter.
Daily Sun learnt that as soon as Mr. Igoche discovered that he shot wrong person, Joy, he rushed to rescue her, but it was too late as the young lady was said to have died few minutes later.

Eyewitnesses said when Igoche discovered what had happened, he nearly ran mad as he kept jumping and crying everywhere that he had killed his daughter. In fact, he was said to have threatened to kill himself with the same gun but for the quick intervention of neighbours who held him and collected the instrument of death from him.
He was later said to have reported himself at the North Bank Police station where he was arrested and detained before being transferred to the state Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) at the state Police Command.
Remains of the deceased who was until her death a student of the Benue State University (BSU) have since been deposited at the General Hospital, North Bank morgue.

Some neighbours who spoke to Daily Sun described Mr. Igoche, a deputy superintendent of Customs as an easy-going man who would not deliberately hurt a fly and insisted that he must have been charmed to take up arm against his son. They, however, noted that he had been having problems with his son whom they suspected to be a cultist going by his strange behavior.

When contacted, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Alaribe Ejike, an ASP confirmed the story, revealing that investigation was still ongoing and that the accused would be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.
From ROSE EJEMBI, Makurdi