A 300 level student of the Department of
Chemistry, Faculty of Physical Sciences at the
University of Benin in Edo state, Ejiroghene
Gbenidio (pictured above) was shot dead by
unknown gunmen inside the Ugbowo campus
of the school on Friday October 24th.
According to reports, Ejiro was attending the
jeans carnival of the final year students of his
faculty when he was accosted and shot in the
head. He died instantly.
His body has been deposited at the Benin
Teaching Hospital morgue. The matter is now
being handled by the police at the Ugbowo
Police station.
Some students say they suspect it might have
been as a result of a fallout between rival cult
groups.
Photo credit: Punch
Four Nigerians taking refuge in a village in
the far north of Cameroon have been killed by
members of Boko Haram in an attack that
took place on Friday October 24th.
According to a statement made available
today to AFP, the Cameroonian Ministry of
Defence said the sect members attacked "the
village of Glawi, killing four Nigerian refugees
and wounding one Camerounian, before being
pushed back by defence forces which pursued
them”.
The ministry also said two groups of Boko
Haram members had also tried to enter
another border village with Nigeria but they
were “immediately intercepted and neutralised
by our defence forces who destroyed three
4×4 vehicles equipped with machine guns,
killing 27 assailants,”.
39 members of the sect were confirmed dead
after the various attacks
