Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have reportedly killed a student of University of Cross River State was on Thursday afternoon.
According to The PUNCH, this was disclosed by the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr Onen Onen.
“A student was shot. The Vice Chancellor will issue a statement about it,” he said and declined to comment further.
According to reports, the shooters entered the school in a Toyota Sienna car, drove right to the victim’s group of friends, and shot the victim dead.
A source said, “The incident took place right in front of me and my friends. We were strolling past the Engineering Faculty when we saw some students sitting in a group and chatting and from no where a Sienna car drove towards them and one of the students stood up an ran.
“Some young men stepped out of the car and chased after him.After they shot him from behind and when he fell, they went close to confirm if he was dead before firing a final shot on his chest and went ahead to use his shirt to cover his face.”
The source added that the gunmen took the dead student’s bag and went into their car and drove off.
“We suspect one of those persons he was chatting with was providing those hoodlums the information about where to locate him and when they came he knew he was the person they were looking for prompting him to take to his heels.”
According to reports, the assailants were able to flee the school’s grounds before police officers who were part of the institution’s security team intervened.
