Suspected Cultists Invade Kwara Poly, Disrupt Matric. Ceremony

Many students were left with varying degrees of injuries when a gang of suspected cultists reportedly stormed the venue of matriculation ceremony of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, and shot indiscriminately.

The incident which reportedly happened in front of the Institute of Basic and Applied Sciences (IBAS) of the institution, shortly after the matriculation ceremony, when the students were said to have gathered at the front of the institute for a get-together, in honour of the new students, when a group of young men suddenly appeared from the crowd and shot at their targets, hitting one, while others reportedly escaped with bullet wounds.

There were conflicting reports as some students said the suspected cultists left the scene of the incident with a corpse of the victim of the gunshot, while others said the student feared dead was receiving treatment at the UNILORIN Teaching Hospital, Ilorin.

The sound of gunshots caused a stampede, as students ran for dear life.

Meanwhile, the rector of the institution, Alhaji Mas’ud Elelu, had, during the matriculation ceremony, warned the new students to remain law abiding and shun any act that could jeopardise their future.

He had told the about 7,000 students that belonging to such unauthorised association on campus could earn them serious punishment.

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Cultist hacks 300 level student to death

Tragedy struck in Warri, Delta State, last weekend, when a 300-level student of the Delta State University, Abraka, was hacked to death allegedly by a suspected cultist over a N5,000 internet modem.

The victim, Solomon Onyeoghani, was a student in the Department of Business Education, while his alleged killer, 29-year-old Chukwu Kelubia, is of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State.

It was gathered that the incident occurred barely hours after Onyeoghani returned from school. He was said to be on his way to visit his mother, a petty trader, when he was attacked by Kelubia.

Sources at Osamede Street, Okumagba Layout, where the incident occurred, told Nation Evening Express that the suspected cultist had earlier accused his victim of stealing his GSM internet modem, an allegation the deceased reportedly denied.

However, unknown to him, Kelubia was lurking at No13 Osamede Street on the fateful day. He was reportedly armed with jagged-edged broken bottle.“He chased Solomon and stabbed him severally on the neck. As the boy was running, he kept on stabbing him.

 Desperate for help, Solomon ran towards a private hospital close by, but he fell down and died at the entrance.” Confirming the report, father of the deceased, Mr. Augustine Onyoghani, said his son’s alleged killer, who is a feared leader of one of the notorious cult groups in the area, had earlier warned him “that he would kill my son over the missing internet modem.”

­“Not up to one hour that the boy (Kelubia) left, someone came to tell me that Solo was dead. I didn’t know that the boy meant to kill my son. They did not fight. The boy rushed out from nowhere and started stabbing him with broken bottle. He stabbed my son severally on the neck.”

Although the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Charles Muka, could not be reached for comment, a senior officer at the B Division confirmed the incident, disclosing that the father of the suspect had relocated to the station for fear of attack by angry mob.

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