CULT ASSAILANTS TURN VICTIMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF JOS

The huge “Say No to Cultism” sign is the first to greet you as you enter the University of Jos through the student hostels access. 9It signal a commitment between the students – represented by their Union Government and the school’s authority, to fight this menace, a show of moral decadence amongst university students who have lost the cause that brought them nigh. Thus, it became alarming when gun-raids said to be by cultists begun rising by the numbers in quarters, occupied by students living off the school’s campus. There were reports, of attacks in the Anguwan Rukuba and Rusuo neighbourhoods amongst others. And if the events of yesterday were to affirm it and put the school’s security system on alert, it was a very dreadful one, which students bravely stood up to stamping a statement of discontent.

When graduating students of Management were joyfully rolling the film, as they celebrated after writing their final exams; Linguistics students were electing new officials, a couple of guys were preparing to wreck havoc to the afternoon air. Donned in red (as all graduating students of management were), they camouflaged themselves to gain entrance in to the library complex at the permanent site (which currently hosts a bulk of academic activities), and reeled in a student of Psychology, who was their supposed target.

Eyewitness accounts say the target was shot at six times, but was not hit by any of the bullets (apparently, he had some voodoo done, to repel bullets). Then when he took off, they began screaming “thief”, to which other students too chase for, caught him and pinned him down for a beating. One of the assailants were said to have approached the mob, and aimed at their victim at point blank range on the head. But they then got alarmed that he was not getting hit, and began to retreat.

Person, reported to be the cultist who was stoned to death yesterday

That was when the wrath of students was borne, and they began going after the assailants. One was caught and stoned to death, while the other got the beating of his life, almost at the point of death with fatal injuries to his head, before men of the Department of State Security came to the scene and whisked him away. In the aftermath, a girl got hit by a stray bullet on the hand, and another got a gash to head from a stone.

No other death or injury was recorded at the scene, and activities got back to normal, apart from the security protocol getting even tighter. Thus, this is to debunk earlier reports by Sahara Reporters, that were had been a gun raid on the University, with about two Students killed, and several others injured.