Technology (ESUT), Agbani, are in critical condition at the the
University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) after being
shot and wounded by suspected armed bandits who invaded
their hostel, The Nation reports.
The affected students are currently undergoing intensive
surgery at the hospital where they were rushed to in the
early hours of Saturday. One of the students was shot in the
stomach and it was suspected that some pellets of the bullet
were lodged in his abdomen for which doctors are battling
to remove.
The two other victims were also undergoing surgery at the
hospital while efforts were being made to contact their
parents.
The Unique Hostel where the incident occurred and other
hostels within the Agbani Permanent site of the university,
according to sources, have been placed under security watch
as it was suspected that the gunmen could be members of a
secret cult.
To forestall a reprisal attack, the source said, the
management had taken measures to beef up security at the
hostels with plain-clothe policemen deployed to strategic
locations.
Police spokesman, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the
armed attack said that preliminary investigations revealed
that the gunmen could be "student robbers", assuring that
the police would do everything possible to get to the root of
the matter.
He could not say if any arrest had been made but he said
that the command was already on top of the situation and
would give further details after the ongoing investigations.
"From what we gathered when the gunmen attacked some
students at the ESUT Unique Lodge, which is mainly Boys
Hostel, there was a stiff resistance by the students who
succeeded in arresting one of the gunmen. The arrested
gunman alerted his armed colleagues who returned to the
hostel and began shooting indiscriminately during which
three of the students were shot and wounded," the police
spokesman said.
Source: The Nation
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