No fewer than 13
students of the Kogi State University, Ayingba, have been hacked down by
unidentified assailants suspected to be members of a secret cult.
The killings, our
correspondent gathered, were reprisals carried out by one of the cults whose
leader, a student of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, was murdered by another
cult linked to the university.
According to an eye
witness account, the KSU killings started last Friday when nine students,
including a 200 level female student and her boyfriend, were hacked down
on the campus and at different points within the host community.
Some of the victims
were allegedly attacked on Stadium Road and Our Lady Fatima’s Lodge. They were
brutally murdered and their body dismembered by their assailants.
Injured students were
rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, just as many others fled the town
for fear of being killed.
Investigation shows
that while most of the students are currently in panic mode as a result of the
killings, the university authorities appear to be unconcerned and moved by the
development.
When contacted, the
Public Relations Officer of the university, Joseph Edegbo, refused to comment
on the issue, which he described as ‘very sensitive.’ However, he promised to
get back to our correspondent.
Members of the
public, who spoke to our correspondent, condemned the dastardly act and
demanded an immediate investigation of the killings, as well as the arrest and
prosecution of the killers.
The Commissioner of
Police in Kogi State, Hakeem Busari, confirmed the incident, saying that only
three students were killed in the attacks.
Busari added that no
arrest had been made, but that crack detectives had been drafted into the
school to make arrests and to put an end to the killings. - Punch
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