A 300 level student of the Osun State University, Kazeem Amodu Ige, was on Monday hacked to death around his hostel, located along University Road, Oke-bale, Osogbo, DAILY POST reports.
The student, who studied Civil Engineering at the main campus of the multi-campus University in Osogbo, the Osun State capital was allegedly stabbed to death by one Yussuf Adekunle of Physics Electronics Department during a heated argument.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) in the state, ASP Folashade Odoro, one of the students around the scene of the crime, Seyi Bamigbayan had reported the case at the Oja-Oba Divisional police station at about 5:pm on Monday, claiming to have met the deceased in the pool of his blood after being stabbed by the suspect.
Odoro added that the victim was quickly taken to Jolayemi Hospital, Osogbo, where he was confirmed dead, and his corpse thereafter deposited at the Asubiaro General Hospital.
The police image maker, however, disclosed that the command was doing everything possible to avert any reprisal attack, while thorough investigation is ongoing to get to the root of the case, and bring the assailant to book.
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