Final year law student killed during NANS election in Bayelsa

A final year law student, Magam Elvis, was shot dead on Sunday in Otuoke, Bayelsa State, during an election organised by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).

It was learnt that the deceased, a delegate from University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Akwa Ibom State, was allegedly killed by fellow students believed to be cultists.

Trouble reportedly started last Saturday after the poll, which was organised to elect NANS coordinators in Zone B. The crisis snowballed into a cult supremacy war, following the arrival and accreditation of delegates.

Students sustained gunshot wounds, while others were attacked with machetes, axes and other weapons, as members of rival cults engaged themselves in a free-for-all.

The premises of Federal University, Otuoke (FUO), where the election was held, was said to have been thrown into chaos.

The situation worsened on Sunday when suspected cultists shot into a crowd of electoral delegates in a lecture hall and killed Elvis.

Police, soldiers and operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were deployed in the community to restore law and order.

Police Commissioner Mr. Asuquo Amba, who confirmed the incident, paraded students arrested in connection with the incident and others nabbed for robbery and cultism.