Another 300 Level UNIBEN Student Shot Dead in Broad Daylight

Less than two weeks after a 300 level student of University
of Benin, UNIBEN, was gruesomely murdered at Ugbowo
campus, another student of the University was last night
shot dead by unknown assailants.
The deceased whose name was given simply as James, a
300 level student of Vocational and Technical Education,
was said to have been shot dead at Ekosodin, a satellite
community of the Ugbowo campus of the University.
The corpse of the deceased student was sighted in a white-
coloured police Hilux van at the Accident and Emergency
Ward of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH
this morning. His white T-Shirt and lemon coloured knickers
were drenched with his blood and his head shattered and
almost double in size.
One of the university students who spoke to our
correspondent anonymously for personal and safety
reasons, said James was on his way home at about 11:00
pm after watching the UEFA Champions League match at
one of the viewing centres in the community when he was
shot dead.
"It might not be unconnected with cult activities on the
campus. But he should have been aware of what happens
at Ekosodin at night. I just don't know why he decided to
risk his life like that. What a pity," the source said.
P.M. NEWS recalls that Ejiroghene Gbenedio, a 300-level
student of the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of
Physical Sciences, was hacked to death with axe at about
7:00 pm on Friday 24 October, 2014.
When contacted on phone, UNIBEN's Public Relations
Officer, Barrister Harrison Osarenren, promised to make an
enquiry into the alleged murder and call back. But as at the
time of filling this report, he was yet to return the call.

Culled from PM News



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