Fear, agony in UNIZIK as gunmen terrorize the area, 100-level student dies by stray bullet

By lfeanyi Ndukwe, Awka

Fear has gripped students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka after a first year medical laboratory student, Uche Joevita Chigozirim died from stray bullets by suspected cultists yesterday.

ln a viral online video that surfaced captures a male body laying face down while a female body dangling from the tricycle at the Somto Lodge right before the popular Miracle Junction, ifite.  When this reporter visited the scene of the incident, the body of the victim had already been moved to the morgue by the Nigerian Police.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, Favour(surname withheld) who lives in one of the hostels closeby couldn’t hold back her tears. She recounts how she alongside others heard gunshots. Peeping through their windows,they discovered two bodies laying on the main road.

Her words: ” we heard gunshots and carefully looked through our windows. The gunmen moved immediately they fired the shots for fear of security officials.

“All of a sudden, the Keke man rose up and ran into the Love Ambassadors Ministries venue. After thorough observations, he came out, brought the body down and drive away with speed.”

In an interactive chat with one popular online platform for social entrepreneurs, ANAMBRA CEO NETWORK, a user decried the state of security in the campus and environs,  ” We have e done protest umpteen times. Our voices have not been heard.

“Even though, they brought Blue Shield Security Outfit but they are nowhere to protect innocent civilians,” she said.

When this reporter contacted the school authorities in the person of the Chief Security Officer(CSO) Ken Chukwurah. He bemoaned the ugly situation and called for immediate security measures.

Narrating, “Some suspected cultists on an attack mission had trailed a a rival cultist who is a Keke rider. The attack took place at Somto Lodge by Miracle Junction Ifite. In the course of the shootings, a stray bullet hit the passenger, a 100L student by name Uche Joevita Chigozirim. She became a victim of unholy circumstances,’

“I informed the police as soon as I got the intelligence and they arrived promptly and evacuated the corpse.
Further update would be submitted subsequently,” he assured.

He said investigations are on top gear to unravel the killers of the innocent undergraduate.

Similarly, the PPRO Anambra state, DSP Tochukwu lkenga said men of the Nigerian Police have commenced strategic investigations to bring the culprits to books.

The deceased student lifeless body was covered with banana leaves before the evacuation for  the morgue.