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UNIBEN CULT WAR: 3 SHOT DEAD

Posted by Paul "EFCC" Hawk Adams on November 16, 2009 at 5:37am
Three University students were shot dead last week at the University of Benin, Edo State, while two others with gun shot wounds are currently receiving treatment at the teaching hospital attached to the university. The shootings had the markings of a cult war between student gangs. Sources say it started last Monday when the first student was shot dead in Ekosodin, a village with student accommodation near the campus. Two fatal shootings followed on thursday and Friday in what looked like retaliatory attacks. One of the dead is Michael Olasonoye, a 200 level student of the social sciences faculty. Edo police command say they have not been formally briefed by the school authorities. The University of Benin is notorious for violent cult wars. Several students have in the past lost their lives during these senseless fights. From Thisday News Papers 3 Killed in UniBen Cult War From Adibe Emenyonu in Benin, 11.16.2009 Two students of the University of Benin (UniBen) and a student of Lagos State University (LASU), have been killed in what appeared to be a renewed cult war in the university campus. Besides, two other students who received gunshot wounds are on danger list at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU). A source close to the university said, “the three dead students were shot at very close range." THISDAY learnt that the killings started last Monday with the shooting of a 300 level Life Science student of the University, while that of LASU, whose identity could not be ascertained, occurred on Thursday. The third person, a 200 level Banking and Finance student of the university identified as Olasanoye Michael, was also shot dead last Friday. Commenting on the issue, Edo State Police Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Peter Ogboi, said he was yet to be briefed about the incidents. Informed sources, however, said remains of the three students had been deposited at the UBTH morgue, while security had been beefed up in and aroun the two campuses, Ugbowo and Ekhehuan, to prevent reprisal attack.
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