EKSU student hacked to death by suspected cultists

An undergraduate of the Ekiti State University, (EKSU), Ado Ekiti, Ayodele Temilade, has been hacked to death by people suspected to be cultists.

Some students of the institution, who confided in our correspondent, said the corpse of the deceased was discovered at the gate of the school on Sunday night around 10:00p.m. They, however, explained that they did not know how the corpse got there.

A close look at the corpse posted on the social media revealed that the head of the victim was severed and the body inflicted with several machete cuts.

Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer, Ekiti police command, Mr. Alberto Adeyemi, said the command received the report of the incident yesterday morning and had since removed the corpse to the mortuary.

Adeyemi said, “His name was given as Ayodele Temilade but we don’t know his course or level for now. We are treating the issue as a murder case until investigation is completed. “

Also, the school’s acting Director, Information and Corporate Affairs, Ajibade Olubunmi, who also confirmed it, added that Temilade’s corpse was found at the gate of his residence, contrary to an earlier claim that the corpse was dumped at the school’s gate.

Meanwhile, a statement by Olubunmi yesterday said the management of EKSU has declared war against cult activities in the school.

Tagged ‘Operation no cultism in EKSU’, the statement said the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Samuel Oye Bandele, made the declaration after an emergency security meeting in response to noticeable upsurge in cultists’ activities in the institution.

“All suspected cultists will be rounded up, investigated and dealt with according to the university’s extant rules and regulations, as well as prosecuted in the law courts,” he said.