Cultists on rampage, 13 allegedly killed in Kogi varsity

AT least 13 students of Kogi State University, Ayingba have been killed by some people suspected to be cult members.

Among those killed are Oloruntoba Godwin, a 300 level student of Geography and Ajikeye Richard of the department of Accountancy, also a 200 level student.

Both students are said to be an indigene of the Ijumu local government area of Kogi State.

Some of the injured students are said to have been rushed to the hospital while the whole student community was said to be in a panicky mode, a development that made many students to have traveled out of town.

Nigerian Tribune reliably gathered on Monday that the said attack was said to have been ignited when a student of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja suspected to be a kingpin of a cult group was said to have been killed.

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His killing was said to have been fueled by another cult group linked to the state University, Ayingba which sparked up a provocation leading to a reprisal attack as the said cult group was alleged to have threatened to l kill 12 students in retaliation.

According to an eye witness account the KSU killings started on Friday when three students were hacked down in the campus while nine others were variously killed at different places including a 200level student and her boyfriend.

Some of the killings, it was learned took place at the stadium road and our lady Fatima lodge where the victims were said to have been brutally murdered and their body parts dismembered.

Investigations revealed that the school authority seems to be indifferent about the whole situation as the killings continue unabated.

When the university PRO Joseph Edegbo was contacted, he said he could not comment on the issue saying it was a ‘very sensitive issue” but promised to get back to our correspondent.

He, however, switched off his phone as several calls made to his cell phone said: “the number you are calling is switched off.”

Sources who spoke to newsmen however condemned the dastardly act and demanded immediate investigation, arrest, and prosecution of the criminals behind the murder.

When contacted, the Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Busari confirmed the incident but said only three students were said to have been killed.

He said no arrest has been made so far but that crack detectives have been drafted into the school to make to put an end to the killings.