A group of suspected cultists reportedly stormed the venue of
matriculation ceremony of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, leaving
many students with gunshot wounds and varying degrees of injuries.
According
to eyewitnesses, the incident happened in front of the Institute of
Basic and Applied Sciences (IBAS) of the institution, shortly after the
matriculation ceremony.
Some students were said to have gathered at the front of the institute for a get-together, in honour of the new students.
The
account claimed that a group of young men suddenly appeared from the
crowd and shot at their targets, hitting one, while others reportedly
escaped with bullet wounds.
While some students said the
suspected cultists left the scene of the incident with a corpse of the
victims of the gunshot, others said the student feared dead was
receiving treatment at the UNILORIN Teaching Hospital, Ilorin.
The sound of gunshots caused a stampede, as students scampered for safety.
The
rector of the institution, Alhaji Mas’ud Elelu, had, during the
matriculation ceremony, warned the new students to remain law abiding
and shun any act that could jeopardise their future.
He had told
the about 7,000 students that belonging to such unauthorised association
on campus could earn them serious punishment.
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