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Some suspected cultists have reportedly shot and cut with matchets, a final year student of the Osun State University, identified as Victor Oke for refusing to belong to their fraternity.
According report, the Political Science student was later set ablaze before he was rescued and rushed to a hospital.
Meanwhile,the management of the University has on Monday, called for the immediate arrest of the suspected cultists.
In a statement issued on Monday, by the University Public Relations Officer, Ademola Adesoji who made the confirmation and stated that Victor is a part-time final year Political Science student.
“We noticed that Victor was absent for his final paper in the afternoon and decided to contact his parents.
“It was later discovered that he was attacked by unknown cultists in the early hours of Saturday.
“Victor was shouting that he was not joining their cult group while they continued to hit him with cutlasses, hard stones and attempted to burn him, partially succeeding before he was eventually rescued.
“The university security unit is currently working with the Police to ensure the culprits are exposed and brought to book. The cultists must be arrested,” he added.
This students/cultists incident is coming weeks after a 12-year-old boy, Sylvester Oromoni, was allegedly beaten to death at Dowen College, Lagos State, for refusing to join a cult, which attracted nationwide outrage and is still under police investigation.
Before he gave up the ghost, the boy had mentioned names of five persons responsible for his pains.
Dowen College had been shut down by the Lagos State government till further notice.
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