Cultists storm Abia varsity, assault DVC
Written by Uduma Kalu
Saturday, 14 March 2009

[b]The Abia State University, which was last January engulfed in a communal riot, leading to death of three young students was this week attacked by suspected cultists.
Reports from the Universiry told Saturday Vanguard that the cultists stormed a Prima Causa welcome party of the Faculty of Law held last Friday.[/b]According to eye witness reports, the cultists stormed the party, blocking the entrance against the university’s Deputy Vice Chancellor Academics who was to represent the Vice Chancellor. A pregnant final year student named Stephanie was also seen crying having been rough handled by the group.

[b]The cultists were said to have gone ahead to cart away the food, drinks and awards for the visitors. Some of the fresh students expressed their anger in various ways. But the final year students declined to mention names of their classmates who were involved.

Some of them were seen discussing the event however shied away from answering questions, saying their association president, one Okezie, should tell the world what happened, not they.[/b]Visitors to the event also witnessed the show of shame. The Aba North Chairman was said to have tried to placate the hoodlums whose identity were named by the sources.

Genesis of the problem is suspected to be the fall out of a fellow cultist said to have lost out in an election of the Law association, LAWSAW held last year.


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