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.
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