Gunmen kill Kwara poly student

Date: 2016-02-25

Five gunmen suspected to be cultists have shot dead a second year student of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin.

The Punch correspondent gathered on Wednesday that the assailants were said to have run away after killing the student, whose name had yet to be ascertained. Some of the students of the institution, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they suspected the victim to be a member of a rival cult group.

Eyewitnesses, who requested not to be named, said at about 7.30pm on Monday, while the workers had closed for the day, one of the assailants shot the student from a far distance without getting the desired result. The assailants were said to have become enraged, chased and grabbed their victim and shot him many times in the head before they fled.

The sources said the school's security personnel quickly alerted the police. A source said, "The police raced to the scene of the incident, took and deposited the remains of the student at the mortuary of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.

The institution's Registrar, Mr. Moses Salami confirmed the killing. He added that the police and operatives of the Department of the State Services had been patrolling the campus since after the incident. Salami said, "It is true that on Monday, around 7.30pm, we learnt that one ND2 student was shot dead, and the police was immediately alerted.

"They arrived at the scene of the incident and took his corpse away to UITH. Since then, the security agencies have been coming to our polytechnic to investigate the incident." The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi, also confirmed the killing of the student.

He said, "I heard that a student was killed at Kwara State Polytechnic on Monday." Meanwhile, a man was found beheaded in a bush at Oke-Odo, in Tanke, Ilorin.

The discovery of the corpse was said to have angered the community and some commercial motorcyclists in the area. Okasanmi, in a telephone interview with The Punch correspondent, however, said the police had commenced investigation into the death.

He said, "We heard information a few days ago that an okada rider (motorcyclist) was killed in Oke-Odo, Tanke. The suspect is the person the okada man was carrying. Other okada riders in the area wanted to lynch the passenger on the allegation that he killed the victim, but our men got to the scene on time and rescued the suspect. We are still investigating the incident."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Ayobami Akanbi     Transition Implementation Committee     Ndama Al-hassan     Kolo     Kwarareports.com     Quran     Gobir     Radio Kwara     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Suwa-Arabs     Erubu     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Kazeem Gbolagade     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Kumbi Titiloye     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Ghali Muhammed     Kolade Solagberu     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Jimba Babatunde     Dele Belgore     Maryam A. Garuba     Ibrahim Mashood     Halimat Yusuf     Sarakite     Funmilayo Oniwa     Joseph Bamigboye     Ali Ahmad     Rotimi Oyedepo     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Bola Tinubu     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Rafiu Ibrahim     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Isaac Gbenle     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Adebayo Salami     Abegunde Goke     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Borgu     Durosinlohun Kawu     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     ITP     Toyosi Thomas     David Oyedepo     Fareedah Dankaka     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Firdaos Amasa     Ashiru     Kaosarah Adeyi     Maigida Soludero Transit     Ibrahim Mohammed     Kola Bukoye     ITEM 7     ER-KANG     Bank Of Industry     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Tunji Oyawoye     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Saliu Tunde Bello     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Shonga     REO CAKES     Amasa     Lateef Fagbemi     Abubakar Usman Jos     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Afetu Of Alabe     Lanwa     Michael Nzekwe     Cornelius Fawenu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Inside Kwara     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Umar Saro     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Abdullahi Atanda     Kabir Shagaya     Gambari     Jimba Babatunde     University Road     Valsolar Consultoria     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Iqra Books     Ojo Fadumila     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Baba Issa     Iyiola Oyedepo     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Marufat Oladosu     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Ishaq Oloyede     Olatunde Olukoya     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Bond     Jelili Yusuf     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Haliru Dantoro     Zulu Gambari     Innocent Okoye     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Gbugbu International Market     ITEM 7     Owu Fall     Wahab Abayawo     Omu Aran     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Voices Of Tomorrow     AbdulHamid Adi     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Share-Tsaragi     Benin Republic     Lawal Jimoh     Offa Descendants Union     Saliu Ajia     Alore     Modibo Kawu     Dele Belgore     Democracy Day     SWAN     Oke-Ero     Col. Taiwo     The Herald     Olayinka Olaogun     Student Learning Support Helpline     Dumagi     Wasiu Odewale     Halimah Perogi     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     RTEAN     Iyeru Grammar School     Gbugbu     Donatus Ejidike     Tunde Saad     National Pilot     V.O. Abioye     Bola Tinubu     Suleiman Idris     CCT     Sunset Workers     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Shoprite