Details
of all that led to the gruesome murder of two 300-level students of
Abia State University Uturu by rival cultists have been revealed.
Samuel Ethelbert and Chukwuebuka Benedict Nwigbo were beheaded by rival cultists
Students and residents living near Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu were last week shocked after two students were beheaded and their heads used as goal post in yet another bloody cult clash in the University.
Vanguard reveals the details and what truly transpired leading to the death of the students who were cut short in their prime:
Two 300 level students of ABSU were gruesomely beheaded by a cult
group. Another 300 level student was also badly butchered by the same
group and he is critically lying ill in a hospital.
The dastardly act took place in a private hostel located in an
isolated area of the community and surrounded by forest and valley,
about 3 kilometres from the University campus.
The assailants said to be members of Bourkina Faso cult group,
scaled the high fence of the hostel with a ladder to gain access into
the room of the victims, said to be members of another cult group,
Mafia.
The victims, Nwigbo Chukwuebuka, a 300 hundred level student of
Estate Management and Samuel Ethelbert, a third year student of
Political Science were slaughtered and beheaded Saturday night in their
hostel. Umeaforo Chigozirim, also a 300 level Political Science
undergraduate was luckier as he was not killed but sustained serious
injuries resulting from machete cuts.
The gruesome killing was said to be a revenge act the Bourkina Faso
group for the death of their leader, called Collins Agwu, alias Biggy,
said to have been killed by the Mafia group, who was said to have been
buried on the Saturday the two students were beheaded. This ugly
incident threw the University into mourning and great shock.
Though cult activities have existed in the University over the
years but last week’s gruesome beheading of the two students was
outrageous and unprecedented. Though the incident did not disturb
academic activities of the university as the students went on to write
their first semester examination, nevertheless many of the students,
especially those in year one have been enveloped in fear after the
horrifying incident.
For the vice chancellor of the University, Prof. Uche Ikonne, who
is just about four months old as the head of the institution, the
incident was “a despicable act” but assured students of the university
to remain calm and face their academic activities, saying that the
university has stepped up its security in collaboration with security
agency.
Ikonne who lamented that the university has enough hostel
accommodation within the campus, some of which are unoccupied blamed the
craze to live in private hostels outside the campus to the quest for
some student to have absolute freedom.
The vice chancellor also advised parents and guardians to take
ownership of their children and wards by making out time to know where
they stay in school. According to him, the university charges only
N30000 for accommodation while some students collects as much as N150000
from their parents to pay for accommodation in these private hostels.
And as part of the new measures to curb the activities of cult groups in
the university, Prof. Ikonne held a meeting with members of Uturu
Traditional Rulers Council, all landlords of buildings in and around
Uturu as well as chairman and secretary of Uturu Youths to fashion out
mode of admitting tenants into houses in the community.
Meanwhile, Abia State Governor and Visitor to the University, Dr.
Okezie Ikpeazu expressed shock over the gruesome killing of the
students, and directed the University management that henceforth all
proprietors of student commercial hostels must take responsibility for
the activities that take place in their facilities.
The Governor said that they would be required to take interest in
the identity, background and profile of the students living in their
hostels, and directed that the proprietors must conduct regular identity
audit of the persons living in their hostels so as to be able to
ascertain the credibility of the persons in their custody.
The Governor warned them that student hostels will no more be
operated as a mere business venture available to whoever that can afford
to pay.
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