Cultist dies during initiation ceremony

There was confu­sion and tension in Uli campus of the Chukwuemeka Odu­megwu Ojukwu Univer­sity Igbariam, formerly Anambra State Universi­ty when a student cultist of Mechanical Engineer­ing Department known as ‘Small’ died during initiation ceremony.

Anarchy would have been let loose but for the timely intervention of the Vice Chancellor of the University , Prof Fi­delis Okafor, who mobil­ised security agencies to forestall further letting of blood in the campus.

According to the Prof Okafor, the student died following the torture he sustained from active ini­tiation ceremony.

 He said the anti-cult group stormed their ini­tiation ceremony on a tip-off and while other members escaped, the victim who sustained se­rious injury could not es­cape and he was rushed to a hospital by the anti-cult group but he died.

In other to cover up why he died, his mem­bers spread rumour that he died in the hands of the anti-cult group and even mobilised to em­barrass the institution but for the intervention of the security agents.

Prof Okafor, who was shocked to his marrow that such cultists still ex­ist in the university de­spite the numerous op­portunities given them to renounce said, “Devil has taken over some youths” but vowed to deal with cultists ruthlessly in the university.

Though a conflicting report insisted that the dead man was killed by anti-cult group while torturing him to confess his membership, this the management of the uni­versity insisted was false.

The Police have, how­ever, taken over the in­stitution to restore peace after addressing genuine students. They requested for information on those student cultists shooting during the aborted pro­test.