Rivers Varsity Student Shot As Cult Violence Returns
A 100-level student of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, in Rivers State was hit by gunfire on Wednesday, in what is now the second violent incident on the campus in under a week. The Wednesday shooting came just 48 hours after suspected rival cult groups exchanged gunfire on the same campus on Monday, an earlier clash reportedly tied to a supremacy dispute between suspected members of the Vikings and Ku Klux Klan cult groups. That Monday confrontation lasted roughly 20 minutes and sent students scrambling for safety during the university's Students' Union Government Week celebrations, though no one was hurt in that incident. Details of Wednesday's shooting were still limited at the time of reporting. According to a source close to the victim, the student was rushed to hospital, where doctors began preparing for surgery to remove bullet pellets lodged in his body. "His close friends were contributing money to raise funds for the surgery to hap...
