Secret Cults War: Three Nigerian Students Shot Dead In Uniben

Lagos (THEWILL) - Three University students were shot dead last week at the University of Benin, Edo State, while two others with gun shot wounds are currently receiving treatment at the teaching hospital attached to the university. The shootings had the markings of a cult war between student gangs.

Sources say it started on Monday when the first student was shot dead in Ekosodin, a village with student accommodation near the campus.

Two fatal shootings followed on thursday and Friday in what looked like retaliatory attacks. One of the dead is Michael Olasonoye, a 200 level student of the social sciences faculty.

Edo police command say they have not been formally briefed by the school authorities.

The University of Benin is notorious for violent cult wars. Several students have in the past lost their lives during these senseless fights.