Cultists operating within Awai community and Asaba in Delta State have killed a 300 level DELSU student, identified as Jeff Nduka.
It was gathered that on Friday, the deceased and his friends, were on their way home from hanging out when the incident happened.
According to Daily Post sources alleged that Jeff was an active member of the Viking confraternity who unfortunately was locked in the web of rivalry with Eye confraternity in a supremacy war.
An eyewitness, Jane Samuel, said the cultists pursued him to the very spot close his house and shot him several times, but their bullets failed.
They allegedly used battle axes to tear his head open, and he died on the spot.
Reacting to the incident, the police spokesman in the state, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, said it is shocking but efforts are ongoing to arrest all members of the cult group linked to the killing of the student.
DSP Aniamaka also disclosed that the corpse of the student had been deposited at the Federal Medical Center for further investigation, and called on parents to always warn their children/wards against involvement in cult activities,
He said that anyone caught will not be spared, but will face the wrath of the law.
It was reported that tension and fear of the unknown have taken over the university community as sympathizers thronged the gate of the victim.
The deceased was reportedly a student of Marketing Department of the University.
