The Management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), has condemned the brutal murder of a final-year student of the institution.
A statement issued by the office of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Lilian Salami urged students to stay peaceful as the security agencies are making strong efforts to find the gunman and make him face the wrath of the law.
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She assured the students and their parents that the security operatives within the campus will ensure such incidents do not happen again.
KOKO TV had earlier reported a final-year student of the UNIBEN was murdered inside the hall of residence of the University of Benin.
The student, identified as Desmond Mayor but popularly called Mayor, was a final-year student of Public Administration and the Chief of the Kegites Club at the university.
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In what looked like a cult-related incident, Mayor was said to have been shot in his room in Hall 3 Hostel of the University.
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