In what seems to be a reprisal attack, a 300-Level Marine Engineering student of the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, known as Montana Million, has been shot dead. This is coming two days after a final year student of the Department of Agriculture, Prince Barisua Tuakabari, was shot dead in a cultist attack.
The state police command has meanwhile arrested two students, Elechi Chibuzor and Nnamdi Chibundu, in connection with the killing of Prince Barisua, who was murdered after writing his final year examination on Monday.
It was gathered that Montana Million, who hails from Etche Local Government Area of the state, was killed yesterday by suspected members of a rival cult group while on his way to the campus.
Sources said the assailants pumped several rounds of bullets into his body, which did not penetrate. Afterwards, they decided to attack him with machetes and eventually hacked him to death.
This fresh killing has further heightened tension of a looming cult war in the university. Due to resurgence of cult violence and other social menace in the university, the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, had on Tuesday queried the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Blessing Didia, to respond in writing within 24 hours the cause of the violence.
The police spokesperson in Rivers, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed yesterday’s killing, said two persons arrested for the killing of Barasua are already helping the police in it’s investigation.
