Suspected cultists kill polytechnic student in Kwara

An unidentified undergraduate of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, was Wednesday, shot dead by gunmen suspected to be cultists.

The gunmen numbering about five, after killing the victim, a second year student alleged to be a member of a rival cult group, reportedly fled the scene.

According to an anonymous eyewitness, the incident happened at about 7.30pm.

After the assailants shot at the student from a far distance and missed their target, they reportedly chased and grabbed him and shot him many times in the head before they fled.

Sources told The Punch that the school’s security personnel quickly alerted the police, disclosing that the police rushed 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, who confirmed the killing, said the deceased was a 2nd year National Diploma (ND) student.

“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,” Salami noted.

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi,said he heard that a student was killed at Kwara State Polytechnic on the said day.