A group of suspected cult members disrupted an exam to lynch a final-year student at the Tai Solarin University (TASUED) in Ijebu Ode, Ogun state.
Student sources have identified the murdered victim as Ola Fabiyi, the general governor for TASUED’s College of Humanities.
A witness told TheCable that commotion broke out at the campus of the state-owned tertiary institution on Wednesday when men dressed in white shirts invaded the institution’s ETF exam hall during a session at noon.
The armed men were said to have dragged out Fabiyi, beat the student with stones, stabbed him, and left him unconscious in the bush.
Students of TASUED’s history department were having their final paper and “sign-out” tradition when the attack happened.
A video surfaced showing colleagues of the now-deceased final-year student watching in shock from a distance as the assault unfolded.
In the video, men numbering up to 15 were seen dragging the victim by the leg and kicking him as he writhed in pain.
Student witnesses say campus security operatives only arrived at the crime scene after the cult members had already fled.
It is gathered that Fabiyi was subsequently rushed to the hospital where he would later be confirmed dead.
Omolola Odutola, the Ogun state police spokesperson, had yet to respond to TheCable with details on the case as of this report.
However, Babatunde Odugbesan, TASUED’s deputy registrar, has suspended the institution’s ongoing second-semester exams.
“Students are assured of their safety and are advised to remain calm while investigations ongoing get to the root of the cultist attack,” he said.
TASUED has had a disturbing history of cultist activity.
In mid-2023, TASUED was shut for two weeks after a third-year undergraduate was killed in a clash between students and a host community.
Sources had told TheCable that there had been pre-existing tension between the students and the Imaweje community over cultism allegations.
