Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi FUAM closed down as Killing haul to 10 students dead
According to the PUNCH, the school became a killing field when suspected members of a rival gang on an apparent reprisal attack to avenge the killing of one of their members stormed the Shammah Hostel, a private hotel on Tuesday Night and shot at least five people dead
.The Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu confirmed that five persons were killed in the attack but eyewitnesses in the area said six persons were killed even as another corpse was found locked up in a room with many injured students after the police came to evacuate five dead bodies.
The
attack may not be unconnected with the killing of a student and
injuring of another by a rival cult group within the school’s community
on Monday.
Confirming
the report, Head of Information and Public Relations Unit of the
institution, Mrs. Rosemary Waku, said five corpses belonging to students
and a security man attached to the private hostel – who were killed in
the attack, had been evacuated by the police and taken to the morgue at
Mandona Hospital, Wurukum, Makurdi.
She
added that one more corpse was later discovered by some injured
students after their attackers had dealt with them and locked them up in
a room.
Waku
explained further that the number of deaths could not yet be
ascertained as the school’s authority and the police were still going
round to check if there were other dead bodies in the area.
She
disclosed that the university authority was holding marathon meetings,
trying to take some decisions on getting across to the parents of the
victims. She said the names, levels of studies and their departments
would need to be known to the parents and the public.
According to her, the police have been drafted to the campus to further provide additional security coverage for the school.
