The Federal University Otuoke (FUO) Bayelsa state venue for the election of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) over the weekend turns battle ground as rival cult groups engaged in physical combat leading to the death of a final year student of the University of Uyo Magam Elvis
Sources at the venue disclosed that the trouble which started on Saturday grew into a full crisis on Sunday following the arrival and accreditation of delegates from different tertiary institutions for the election of the coordinators of the National Association of Nigerian Students.
According to sources, while students sustained gunshot injuries, others were attacked with machetes, axes and other weapons, as members of rival cults engaged themselves in a free-for-all. The premises of Federal University, Otuoke (FUO), where the election was held, was said to have been thrown into chaos.
The Bayelsa State Police Commissioner Mr. Asuquo Amba, who confirmed the incident said some students have been arrested in connection with the incident.
According to Amba, three suspects, Emmanuel Ebere, Obiakarije Innocent and Inbong Ben has been arrested for Elvis’ murder while the Bayelsa State NANS President Mr. Perewari Benjamin, a 400-level student of Niger Delta University (NDU) was said to have been accused of leading seven suspected cultists to rob people at the course of the election.
