“Winter Is Coming”, the popular saying from everyone’s favorite TV show, Game of Thrones, has become something of a terror to students of Obafemi Awolowo University.

Ahead of a day that has been heavily anticipated by students of the university, June 1st, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ogunbodede has reassured students of their safety.

Weeks ago, May 3rd precisely, popular indigenous musician, Zlatan Ibile was in the school for a party which was marred by the display of some reported cultists who claimed the rapper was also a part of their confraternity and wanted to come see him.

Fight did break out amongst members of the cult group and some students of the university, leading to some minor injuries. The cult members were reportedly handed over to the police officials and few days later a Whatsapp message reportedly from the leader of the group Oju went in circulation.

The threat of a message had it that the cultists who identified as Alora will have their revenge on the students of the school, come June 1st and there’ll be bloodshed for they’ll be exerting revenge on students of the university for what their members were made to go through, claiming for every one member that was harassed, seven students would be attacked.

Fast forward to today, May 28th 2019, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede revealed in a meeting with the Association of Campus Journalists that the students have nothing to fear because the university has been taking steps.

Addressing the issue of security amongst other topics, the Vice Chancellor revealed that quite a large number of cultists have been arrested within the past few days, all of which aren’t students of the university but other neighboring schools, while some weren’t even from Osun state.

He further stressed how the institution has zero tolerance for cultism and cultists since what has happened in the past, and how the university have measures in place for the coming June 1st all of which can’t be revealed to a news agency as it will be a no-brainer.

He said;

“I want to assure you that we have things in place to forestall any thing like that in OAU, and that we are not resting on our oars that OAU is a place where evil can never thrive,

“Not after what has happened in OAU previously, so anything cultism in OAU is a no go area, so zero tolerance for cultism,

“The heat is on the cultists and fortunately we have discovered where they are and who they are, through the instrument that are responsible for that,

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