BY PETER DURU, Makurdi
Two students of Fidei Polytechnic, Gboko have been confirmed dead in a cult related crisis that engulfed the institution yesterday.

The death occurred against the backdrop of reports that the Benue State Police Command recovered a box full of AK 47 live ammunition from four suspects who were hauling the arms to the crisis torn Eggon and Alaago communities of Nasarawa State.

Briefing newsmen yesterday on the two incidents, the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer for Benue State, ASP Ejike Alaribe said the police in Gboko last night received a report that two suspected cultists had at 8pm stormed the home of two students of Fidei Polytechnic and shot one of them whose name was given as Akawa on the neck, thus killing him instantly.
Alaribe noted that Akawa died before he could receive medical attention, adding that when the news of his death filtered into the institution, students mobilized themselves and went after the assailants.

According to him, “They caught up with the two suspects who were identified as being responsible for the shooting, matcheted one of them to death but the police arrived the scene before they meted out jungle justice on the other”.

Alaribe said further that two other suspects identified as having a hand in the shooting were also arrested by the police.

On the recovered box of AK47 live ammunition, he said, the four suspects were arrested with the ammunition along the Makurdi-Lafia road by men of the joint operation task force christened ‘Operation Zenda” following a directive by the state Commisdioner of Police that patrols be intensified throughout the state.

He said the suspects who were riding in a Peugeot wagon with registration number Lagos, BE 222 KRD were flagged down for routine check by the security operatives but declined.

”Our men pursued them; they tried to run into the bush, but our men caught up with them and arrested them with minimal force and when a thorough search was conducted on the car and the suspects, the box of live ammunition, charms, knives, N96,500 cash, and three hand sets were recovered from the suspects”, the Deputy PPRO added.

Nosa-Henry:
Most pastors marry by sight without God's directive. Pastor Chris should have known that beauty and spirituality don't go together. You can't eat your cake and have it.

Nosa-Henry:
Most pastors marry by sight without God's directive. Pastor Chris should have known that beauty and spirituality don't go together. You can't eat your cake and have it.

Nosa-Henry:
Most pastors marry by sight without God's directive. Pastor Chris should have known that beauty and spirituality don't go together. You can't eat your cake and have it.

frank pessu: God i jst pray u make me escape dem ooo, dey r on ma neck wantin me 2 join

Nosa-Henry:
Most pastors marry by sight without God's directive. Pastor Chris should have known that beauty and spirituality don't go together. You can't eat your cake and have it.

valencia25: Alwaz feel sad weneva i hear some student kill demsev ova cultism, for God sake it's not what makes a Big Boy!
Am currently having my third year in school and no-one has ever approached me because i don't pass my boundary.

God help us all!

colly227:

Not that u don't pass your boundary maybe you lack swag acedemically or financially or u may be a religious fanatic

AK 48: Violence in our institution is becoming "very unbecoming" and it needs to be checked with proper internal security to reduce the heinous monster called cultism.
Having graduated from the university,I think I m privilege to know a little more ,most times cultism is fuelled by peers n lack of vision by students,wen it turns violence,it s mostly against 2 faction claiming superiority and their traps are mostly "girls"(eve,jezebel,dellilah etc)

The worst part of it is that wen 1s death is linked to cultism,its assumed either wrongly or otherwise that he/she is a member of a cult group without proper investigation,and hence no sympathy for their soul.
Well,rip the lord loves u more.

I just hope undergraduates are reading this,n if ure a member,it s never too late to run out with ur life.
BEWARE OF CULTISM

cyril83: As @ yesterday someone was comparing this same Benue institution to Convenant University....students who know nothing but cultiscm and killings were comparing with students who know nothing than go to class

tribalism: the cult names please. that will make this thread more interesting and more will follow it. LoL. was a stack jewman then in school. enjoyed every bit as a jewman.