No fewer than four students of the College of Education, Katsina-Ala,
in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, were yesterday
reportedly killed when two cult groups clashed in the school.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the ugly incident happened Saturday night where two students were killed while the two others were murdered between 5.pm and 6.pm on Monday.
Consequently, the Provost of the institution, Dr. Harns Senwua, yesterday ordered the immediate closure of the school, saying that the college would not open until the management was able to set up a committee to look into the clashes. He called on the students to quickly vacate the hostels on or before noon, or risk being punished.
However, it was gathered that the clash occurred due to a serious disagreement between the red and black cult groups over a lady who was said to be having a love affair with a senior student of the college, popularly referred to as ‘lord’ and who was alleged to be the leader of one of the cults.
An NCE 1 English student of the college, who gave her name as Mercy Alu, said that four students were killed in the clash and that one of the murdered students was an NCE 2 student of political science department while the others were first year students of the theatre arts/social studies departments.
According to Mercy, one of the deceased students was sleeping in his room with his girlfriend at night last Saturday when some unidentified students came and knocked on his door and demanded that he should follow them out of the house, whereupon they macheted him to death. She said another student was also killed in the school during the incident.
Our correspondent also gathered that the other deceased students were sitting with friends at the main gate of the college, Monday, at about 6.pm when an unidentified vehicle conveying three persons drove to the scene. They allegedly came for reprisal attack and immediately shot and killed two of the students. The development reportedly caused panic to the residents of the college community who quickly fled for safety.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the ugly incident happened Saturday night where two students were killed while the two others were murdered between 5.pm and 6.pm on Monday.
Consequently, the Provost of the institution, Dr. Harns Senwua, yesterday ordered the immediate closure of the school, saying that the college would not open until the management was able to set up a committee to look into the clashes. He called on the students to quickly vacate the hostels on or before noon, or risk being punished.
However, it was gathered that the clash occurred due to a serious disagreement between the red and black cult groups over a lady who was said to be having a love affair with a senior student of the college, popularly referred to as ‘lord’ and who was alleged to be the leader of one of the cults.
An NCE 1 English student of the college, who gave her name as Mercy Alu, said that four students were killed in the clash and that one of the murdered students was an NCE 2 student of political science department while the others were first year students of the theatre arts/social studies departments.
According to Mercy, one of the deceased students was sleeping in his room with his girlfriend at night last Saturday when some unidentified students came and knocked on his door and demanded that he should follow them out of the house, whereupon they macheted him to death. She said another student was also killed in the school during the incident.
Our correspondent also gathered that the other deceased students were sitting with friends at the main gate of the college, Monday, at about 6.pm when an unidentified vehicle conveying three persons drove to the scene. They allegedly came for reprisal attack and immediately shot and killed two of the students. The development reportedly caused panic to the residents of the college community who quickly fled for safety.
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