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Suspected Cultists Shoots Dead UniAbuja Student Beside Parent’s Home

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7 years ago

November 25, 2016

The residents of Gado Nasko Way in Kubwa, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory, were left in total shock after suspected cultists have killed a student of the University of Abuja identified as Onyekachi Azubuko, behind his parents’ home. It was gathered that residents of the area were thrown into panic when they heard sporadic gunshots by unknown gunmen, who were believed to be members of a cult group.

The 25-year-old undergraduate, was discovered shot dead on Tuesday afternoon shortly after stepping out of the house to meet some friends, and his corpse was identified by his brother, Joel, before it was taken to the Kubwa General Hospital by the police. The deceased’s father, Azubuko who was at work when Joel told him about the incident, prompting him to visit the Kubwa General Hospital morgue to see the body of his second son.

Speaking to correspondets, the father of the slain student who was reluctant to comment on the incident at his residence on Thursday, said;

“The family has nothing to say on the incident, the police are already investigating it and if you need any information, please, go to the Kubwa Divisional Police Station,” he stated. Azubuko said Onyekachi was planning to go back to school before he was killed, adding that he was trying to raise money for him and his brother, a student of Abia State University. He described the deceased as a brilliant student and a good sportsman, noting that he had warned him against keeping company with men of suspicious character.

“He was a son dear to my heart, a good sportsman and a brilliant student. But I observed that he had been derailing, he has been keeping company with some suspicious characters and I asked him about his friends, but he denied being a member of a cult group.

“We are a strong Christian family and we don’t condone acts of indiscipline. I warned him several times about the company he was keeping,” the father said. He said the family was already making arrangements for Onyekachi’s funeral.