At Least Three Killed In Campus Cult Clash In Calabar

At least, three persons have died following renewed cult clash between rival groups at the Calabar campus of the Cross River University of Technology.
The cause of the renewed clash was not clear, but it was learnt on Friday that the fight started on Monday after some students of the institution completed their final degree examinations.

The first victim, who was an unidentified student from the school, was maimed and later killed by a rival group along Ekpo Abasi Street. The street leads to the main entrance of CRUTECH.
An eyewitness, Stanley Abutu, said the activities of the students had caused serious tension within and outside the school environment.
He said, “The unidentified student was maimed by a rival group at Ekpo Abasi junction and died a few days later due to the wounds he sustained. The whole thing started on Monday when some students shot into air on campus after completing their examinations.
“Later that day, a student suspected to be a member of the Klan’s Confraternity was dragged out of the male hostel 2 at about 8:29pm by rival Baggers’ Confraternity. He was however lucky to sustain only machete cuts before security agents intervened.”
It was learnt that some students were arrested by the state security intervention tagged ‘Operations Skolombo’ after the victim raised the alarm.
The security agency also aborted an open gyration by members of the Baggers’ Confraternity who attempted to transfer leadership in front of the female hostel.
“The security agents prevented the cultists from attempting to publicly transfer leadership in front of female Hostel Three. It was aborted following the arrival of a combined team of the ‘Operations Skolombo’ and the school’s security team,” Abutu said.
Southern City News also learnt that another CRUTECH student was on Wednesday shot dead close to the same Ekpo Abasi Street at close range.
The eyewitness also disclosed that another corpse was discovered on Thursday in the school pavilion.
“It was on Thursday morning when students coming to school through the sports arena popularly known as Pavilion, met the corpse of a popular student called ‘Liberty’ with gun wounds and machete cuts.
“Liberty was said to have been pursued by his rivals from the Visual Arts Department to Pavilion where he was shot thrice and then cut with a machete upon discovery by his assailants that the bullets caused him no harm,” he said.