20-year-old 200 Lvl Varsity Student Killed By Suspected Cultists In Taraba
A 20-year-old Federal University, Wukari, 200 hundred level student from Taraba State was reportedly killed by suspected cult members after being stabbed to death.
The event, which apparently happened Thursday night, has reportedly started to cause tensions on the campus of the school and in the neighborhood.
The victim, named Mark Shagari, was a student at the university’s Department of Biological Science until his death.
According to reports, suspect cultists in Wukari town attacked and killed the deceased young man, who lived away from the school grounds.
The staff of the institution, who also confirmed the incident in confidence, said the news of the gruesome murder of the twenty-year-old students emerged as a rude shock.
The staff who could not give a detailed account of the incident said, “we were told that after he was stabbed to death in Wukari town, his remains were deposited close to where he resides within the town.”
Confirming the death of the student, fellow students appealed to the school authorities to intensify security around the school premises.
They also pleaded with the state government to join forces with the school authorities to fish out those behind the killing of the student.
The Institution’s spokesperson, Ashu Agya, said the security forces have commenced investigations into the gruesome killing of the students.
According to the Institution’s spokeswoman, no stone will be left unturned in unravelling the circumstances behind the assassination of the student.