Unidentified group of gunmen on Sunday night killed a student of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) around Umuokiri village, Aluu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The victim identified as Mr. Clinton Opribo-Amos was shot dead at a hotel in the area by a group of young men suspected to be members of a secret cult.
It was gathered that Opribo-Amos, a student in the Department of Linguistics and Communication Studies in UNIPORT was murdered in cold blood during the Easter celebrations.
A source, who related the development stated that the hoodlums had invaded the hotel around 11pm.
The source revealed that the gunmen on arrival at the hotel interrupted the electricity by putting off the generator that was supplying power to the facility.
The source added that when darkness overtook the environment, the assailants opened fire, shooting several times at their target.
He said, “We were just in the hotel when we noticed some boys entering. Nobody suspected anything because groove was on. Later, the generator that was used in the hotel went off. Immediately, the boys started shooting.
“The continuous shooting caused fear as some people lay down on the floor. When the shooting stopped, everybody ran away. It was later that the victim was discovered dead. Several other persons, who were also there, sustained varying degrees of injuries while they were struggling for escape.”
The source lamented that every effort made to reach security operatives when the shooting was on proved abortive.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, Mr. Ahmad Muhammad, said the command had not yet been briefed on the incident.
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