Police in Abia yesterday exhumed the body of a 400 level law student of Abia State University, Mr. Obinna Obasi Awa from a shallow grave where he was buried in a farm around the university community settlement in Uturu, Abia State. Obinna Awa, the second son of an Abia-based lawyer, Barrister Awa Obasi, was said to have died after undergoing rigorous ritual exercise, following his intention to join a cult in the school. B

ut in a swift reaction, Obinna’s father said that his son was murdered by those he thought were his friends, who later buried him in a shallow grave. The lawyer, who spoke to Saturday Sun at the premises of the Federal Medical Centre Umuahia, said that his family was initially looking for Obinna as a missing person. “Today is the 15th day since we started looking for him.

We saw him last on January 22, and revelations show that he died the same day they whisked him away. His friends planned, dug grave, tied his hands behind him and killed him, what a world we live in, what a betrayal of friendship? The culprits must be found where ever they are and tried according to the law of the land, otherwise people will keep dying and they would be mistaken for missing people. If not that God made it possible for us to recover his body, we would have still been wondering whether he just died or got missing. My impression is that his close friends took him away and murdered him”, he lamented.

Another source from the campus said that the deceased had returned from the initiation ground complaining that he was feeling very weak and was advised to take glucose, but after drinking it, he complained that he was getting weaker and weaker and one of his friends suggested that he should be taken to hospital and when the Capon heard it, he warned them that no person should try that. At that point, he started breathing loudly and they took him into the inner room, locked the door and increased the volume of the radio set to thehighest point so that passers- by would not hear his groaning.

According to the source, when he eventually died, they took his corpse to the bush at night where they dug a two- feet shallow grave and buried him. The Abia State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ambrose Aisabor, who spoke to Saturday Sun, said that before this incident, about 25 students of Abia State University had been arrested and were currently cooling off in the police net awaiting arraignment. “The initial case that was reported was that of a missing person from Abia State University. But during our investigation, we discovered that he was taken out on January 22, by members of Maphites Confraternity.

Those who saw him said he was in company with some cultists, going into the bush, next to the Queens Lodge where he resided. “We arrested two of the cultists initially, one is the son of one Professor Onwuchekwa called, Chiemele, who was his room mate and the other is Okoronkwo Obinna, though they were not there during the initiation exercise, they were not connected with the murder, but they are still cultists and will be prosecuted accordingly.

“We learnt that it was in the course of initiation that they inflicted lots of injuries on him and he gave up the ghost and they went and buried him in a shallow grave. Investigation is still on, at the end of it, we will charge the culprits to court. It is a pure case of murder. But the other two who are involved were the ones that led the police to the place that they buried the deceased. Chiemele and Okoronkwo are members of Maphites Confraternity, but not part of the initiation”, CP Aisbaor said.


http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/police-arrest-25-abia-varsity-students-over-cultism/

Kudos to d nigerian police on this,dis was an investigation properly& professionally conducted.From d narrative & if u av ever bn thru d nigerian university system,u can easily identify wt d authenticity of d story garnered frm d police investigation.I guess d late student is just lucky dat he fd a grp of pple & competent enuf to do a proper police work,bc many of such corpses frm campus initiation either don't get fd or get a different story spinned as d cause of their demise.
Its also clear dat parental upbringing needs to b worked on,bc many parents don't actually know d completely different,dangerous lives their children get into& end up defending their kids for things dey clearly were not aware of or conveniently overlooked& evn are ready to swear by d gods of their innocence

Hope this one will not lead to an extra line of dead bodies floating somewhere in Rural Abia

While some youths are thinking up ways to make income, these fooools are still into cultism. They deserve all the punishment they can get.

I wonder why cultism still exists. I mean, what do these guys gain from it?
Its not like its a millionaires club or something

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There are more out there... Maybe they should ask Wole Soyinka how to stop this...

Students for that matter. I don't get why Nigeria cult members are college students. Why can't they be like their brothers around world and stay home. Leave education to those trying to learn. Innocent lives being wasted out of pure stupidity. Smh

For me,d headline is quite diff frm d details of d news. However, youths shd take note of d danger of belonging to a cult. Dere's no gain in it at all; it simply exposes one to danger & unnecessary attention.

Na waa oh. Never knew some idiiots were still practicing cultism.

Your mates are doing Yahoo Plus and you're here carrying machetes.

SMH.

miserable cultists... I wonder what they derive in 4years... aside frustration & failure.. mumu weaklings...

Ejiné: Na waa oh. Never knew some idiiots were still practicing cultism.

Your mates are doing Yahoo Plus and you're here carrying machetes.

SMH.

buhahahahaha more like a blacksmiths...

Joinin cult in a 400 level when he shuld ve bin 2ru wit skul life. D guy dey stupid, may God 4giv his stupidity

These students must be the most retarded folks in Abia isn't this foolish? How can some1 delibrately submit himself to be lynched in the name of initiation, its not that u r enrolling into Millitary,Police etc but Cultism a cheap one 4 dat matter. I support his dad to press charge those kids could stand life imprisomnment each or death penalty.

The guy made his choice, the university authorities should turn the other way, the lawyer can continue his rants. No need to waste tax payers money on this as no innocent life was lost.

I wonder what they gain from cultism.

He been wan "belong"
The sad part b say after this news, more deluded guys go rush to enter "maphites" as sign say dem go fit pass d test.

Tolexander: Police in Abia yesterday exhumed the body of a 400 level law student of Abia State University, Mr. Obinna Obasi Awa from a shallow grave where he was buried in a farm around the university community settlement in Uturu, Abia State. Obinna Awa, the second son of an Abia-based lawyer, Barrister Awa Obasi, was said to have died after undergoing rigorous ritual exercise, following his intention to join a cult in the school. B

ut in a swift reaction, Obinna’s father said that his son was murdered by those he thought were his friends, who later buried him in a shallow grave. The lawyer, who spoke to Saturday Sun at the premises of the Federal Medical Centre Umuahia, said that his family was initially looking for Obinna as a missing person. “Today is the 15th day since we started looking for him.

We saw him last on January 22, and revelations show that he died the same day they whisked him away. His friends planned, dug grave, tied his hands behind him and killed him, what a world we live in, what a betrayal of friendship? The culprits must be found where ever they are and tried according to the law of the land, otherwise people will keep dying and they would be mistaken for missing people. If not that God made it possible for us to recover his body, we would have still been wondering whether he just died or got missing. My impression is that his close friends took him away and murdered him”, he lamented.

Another source from the campus said that the deceased had returned from the initiation ground complaining that he was feeling very weak and was advised to take glucose, but after drinking it, he complained that he was getting weaker and weaker and one of his friends suggested that he should be taken to hospital and when the Capon heard it, he warned them that no person should try that. At that point, he started breathing loudly and they took him into the inner room, locked the door and increased the volume of the radio set to thehighest point so that passers- by would not hear his groaning.

According to the source, when he eventually died, they took his corpse to the bush at night where they dug a two- feet shallow grave and buried him. The Abia State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ambrose Aisabor, who spoke to Saturday Sun, said that before this incident, about 25 students of Abia State University had been arrested and were currently cooling off in the police net awaiting arraignment. “The initial case that was reported was that of a missing person from Abia State University. But during our investigation, we discovered that he was taken out on January 22, by members of Maphites Confraternity.

Those who saw him said he was in company with some cultists, going into the bush, next to the Queens Lodge where he resided. “We arrested two of the cultists initially, one is the son of one Professor Onwuchekwa called, Chiemele, who was his room mate and the other is Okoronkwo Obinna, though they were not there during the initiation exercise, they were not connected with the murder, but they are still cultists and will be prosecuted accordingly.

“We learnt that it was in the course of initiation that they inflicted lots of injuries on him and he gave up the ghost and they went and buried him in a shallow grave. Investigation is still on, at the end of it, we will charge the culprits to court. It is a pure case of murder. But the other two who are involved were the ones that led the police to the place that they buried the deceased. Chiemele and Okoronkwo are members of Maphites Confraternity, but not part of the initiation”, CP Aisbaor said.


http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/police-arrest-25-abia-varsity-students-over-cultism/

Just cultism?

interesting university, this absu - one has to wonder at the sort of lawyers it churns out - if i remember rightly, one of the absu 5 bragged about being a lawyer, now we have 400 level law students [one might even try to make excuses for small boy 100 level kids] going for cult initiation . . .

Smh!!! Are there still rubbish like this. Dis so stupid cultist should be the one kicking against this stupid and useless government by fighting them rather than killing a commoner. The world has outgrown all this. If you are to trace their records I am optimistic that they are all rusticated students wasting their precious time. I used to hear of one that has been in skool since 1999 till date and he is still a student. Imagine

Cultism stil dey exist 4 schl? Al dose tins spose don b old jist. Avoidable death.

[quote author=doctokwus]Kudos to d nigerian police on this,dis was an investigation properly& professionally conducted.From d narrative & if u av ever bn thru d nigerian university system,u can easily identify wt d authenticity of d story garnered frm d police investigation.I guess d late student is just lucky dat he fd a grp of pple & competent enuf to do a proper police work,bc many of such corpses frm campus initiation either don't get fd or get a different story spinned as d cause of their demise. [/quote

I learnt it was one of the room mates that confessed, before the police was brought into the picture.

Y wud sumone in his ryt mind join d Cult... Esp in dis present tym! Wata waste of life

Chai sad indeed,dis dude was murdered in cold blood,and they still think,this the best way to live up to expectations?dwelling in poky swaggs?and what exactly is their gain?killing people?thus enjoying this as a game?mehnn many have become foolish to wisdom,de will never learn,their brain is in their hands,they will never learn..all izz well

If really the guy tied in his bid to join the cult,this is sure realy a painful death frm hel to hel fire eternity.

Cultism is like dying to visit America or United Kingdom, no matter how people that has been there tries to convince you that there is nothing in it you still want to go and see for yourself.


They say "who no come no go know"

i agree with you just imagine youths hustling in Nigeria to make it in life this idiots still do cultism hmmm stll dont get it

ba7man: While some youths are thinking up ways to make income, these fooools are still into cultism. They deserve all the punishment they can get.

adexsimply: did i hear "MURDER"? i think the ryt word should be "SUICIDE"..what was he looking for?

you are right though,what if he was coerced to joining them?the fella later complained of weakness and he was left unattended to..