No fewer than four persons, including students of the University of
Benin and commercial bus drivers have been killed and many others
injured in a raging cult war that started last week in Benin.
Sources said one of the injured identified as Snazzy, a 200 level
Mathematics student, was shot in the neck inside the university main
campus at Ugbowo during a biometric verification exercise.
He was later rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), where he is receiving treatment.
Two others, whose identities could not be ascertained as at press
time, were reportedly shot dead at an off-campus hostel of the
university.
Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr Harris Osarenren,
confirmed the attack on the Mathematics student, adding that he was
recuperating in hospital.
Among those feared dead in the cult war was a community leader in
Ova, Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. It was gathered that the
cultists traced the deceased, simply identified as Odigie, to his home.
In another attack, a boy was shot in a restaurant at Ogbelaka in the capital city.
When contacted, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Moses
Eguaveon, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said some arrests
have been made in connection with the killings.
source: SUN
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