UNIBEN Student Shot Dead Days After Final Examination

A 400-level student of the Department of Political Science, University of Benin, Austin Izu, has been shot dead by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in his friend’s off-campus hostel room on the Federal Girls College Road, Ugbowo,.

Austin sat for his final examination last week and visited his friend, Walter Emaka.

The gunmen were said to have come into Walter’s room and shot the deceased in the head, while Walter narrowly escaped with gunshot injuries.

The Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Kontongs Bello, confirmed the incident adding that investigation was ongoing to arrest the perpetrators.

Bello stated, “The case was reported by someone in Ugbowo. He came to the station with the lifeless body of one Austin Izu.