Nigeria: Cultists behead fellow students,, use heads as goalposts

Suspected to be cultists have beheaded two undergraduates of the Abia State University, Uturu, and, thereafter, used their heads as goalposts. The deceased identified as Ebuka Nwaigbo, a 300 level student of the Department of Estate Management, and Samuel Ethelbert, 300 level student of the Department of Political Science, were until their death living at Chi-Doo Lodge along the Uturu-Afikpo road. Their killers were said to be members of a rival cult group on a revenge mission for one of their members killed last month. A source, who craved anonymity, said the two cult groups known as Burkinafaso and Mafia had been in a battle of supremacy for years in the university. He disclosed, “Last month, one Collins Agwu, a member of Burkinafaso, was gunned down by the Mafia. “His colleagues (Burkinafaso) decided to retaliate by killing members of the Mafia. “That night they came to the lodge on four motorbikes carrying four persons each and they forced themselves in when one of the students living there came out to buy Indomie Noodles.

 “They beheaded their targets while the third person, their visitor, was seriously wounded. “After killing them they carried their heads and bodies in a sack bag and took it to a playground where they (cult boys) normally play football near the school gate and mounted their heads as goalposts.” There has been a heavy police presence at the school since the incident occurred.

The Abia State Police Public Relations Officer, Ezekiel Onyeke Udeviotu, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that the state Commissioner of Police, Joshiak Habilah had directed the Criminal Investigation Department to commence probe into the murder of the students. He said, “We are willing to invite any member of the public with any useful information that could lead to the arrest of criminals to our office if such a person is afraid of giving the information to police officers.”