A final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Temitayo Ayodeji, has been stabbed to death by the town indigene suspected to be a cultist.
It was learnt that the deceased just his final papers in the Physics Electronics Department before he was gruesome killed over N1,000.
The deceased was said to have had an argument with the cultist and refused to pay the money he was forcefully demanding from him.
The assailant was said to have fled to an unknown destination immediately after the incident.
A student, who preferred not to be named, said: “Temitayo lives of campus, around Ebenco area in the Akungba community. He just wrote his final year papers in the Physics Electronics Department.
“lt was an issue of money, N1,000 precisely, between an indigene, who is a cult member, and Temitayo. The case was reported to the police and it was amicably settled.
“But as the student left his apartment for the roadside, the assailant stabbed him with a kitchen knife. He was immediately rushed to a hospital located at Iwaro-Akoko, where he was later pronounced dead.
“His death angered students, who mobilised and subsequently set the suspected killer’s mother house ablaze.”
Meanwhile, the Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the university has insisted that the perpetrator should be made to face the law.
In a statement by its President, Comrade Ogunsanmi Kolade, and General Secretary, Adeyefa Tolulope, the student union said: “The leadership of AAUA Students’ Union have been reliably informed about the murderous and barbaric killing of our innocent student earlier today and we have since swung to action to ensure that the perpetrators are apprehended and justice is served accordingly.
“Information at our disposal, given by some eyewitnesses, reports that Temitayo Ayodeji was stabbed to death in his hostel(off campus) by some indigenes who are already on the run.
“However, the case have been reported at Akungba Police. Our position remains that the security services should launch a manhunt immediately to apprehend the perpetrator, and we shall not rest until justice is served.
“We call on all students to remain calm and follow the directives of the Students’ Union.”
Also, the traditional ruler of the Akungba community, the Alale of Akungba, Oba Isacc Sunday Adeyeye, has called for calm among the students,. advising them to allow peace to reign and avoid the breakdown of law and order.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Ondo State Police Command, Funmi Odunlami, said: “An indigene had an issue with a student and one thing led to the other, and he stabbed the student, which resulted to the student’s death.
“Students took to the street to protest. The corpse was taken to the morgue by police, and while on it some people mobilised to the suspect’s mother’s house to set it ablaze.”
Odunlami, who said the police had an hectic time to control the students’ protest, assured that the killers of the final year student would soon be apprehended and brought to justice.
