5 killed as cultists Storm varsity (FUAM)
At least five persons, including four students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM), and a security guard attached to a private students hostel have been killed by cultists.
The university became a theater of war as
gunmen suspected to be cultists, on a reprisal attack, stormed the
private hostel, Chamma Hostel on Tuesday night, killing four persons.
Suspected cult
members stormed Chamma Hostel and moved to Block D room 2, where they
requested to see one Aye...
but the occupants of the room were said to
have told the strange visitors that no one was bearing the name in the
room.
The hostel leader, Denen Ajobo, a 400- level
Electrical Electronics student, said the gang leader, who was not happy
with he explanation of the students, ordered a member of his gang to
finish all the four students in the room.
“But as one of the suspected cult members tried to pull the trigger,
one of the four students pleaded with the cultists to spare their lives
but in the process one of the cultist shot him. He died later in the
hospital. The cultists also shot the security guard attached to the
hostel and two other students, who were returning to the hostel.”
Ajobo said that three other students who were injured in the attack
were receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Makurdi.
He lamented that no one was able to attend to the victims until about
6am Wednesday morning, when they were rushed to hospital. “They died
on the way before they could get to the hospital, he said.”
The hostel students representative revealed that the hostel was also
invaded last Friday, when suspected cultists attempted to attack a
student but he escaped.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Emmanuel Kucha, said
the management of the institution was doing everything possible to
unearth the immediate and remote cause of the attacks.
While confirming that the attacks took place at the private hostel
around the university campus, the VC said, the institution has just met
with stakeholders and resolved to engage the services of vigilance
group to beef up security in the area.
Also speaking, Head,
Information and Public Relations Unit of the
institution, Mrs Rosemary Waku, described the incident as shocking and
condemn-able. She said the deceased had been deposited at Madona
hospital.
The State Commissioner of Police, Dibal Yakadi, who confirmed the
report, said six persons have been arrested in connection with the
incident.
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