The late student popularly known as “Mayor” was said to be a student of the Department of Public Administration and was shot at about 9pm on Monday night causing panic among students.
Nigerian netizens, particularly on Twitter, have expressed concerns over insecurity on campuses after an unknown gunman shot and killed a final-year University of Benin (UNIBEN) student in his room inside the school hall of residence.
The late student popularly known as “Mayor” was said to be a student of the Department of Public Administration and was shot at about 9pm on Monday night causing panic among students.
The incident has generated reactions as Twitter users claiming to be students at the institution expressing their concerns that a student would be killed in the school hostel, which used to be the safest place for any student.
One of them said, “School hostels used to be one of the safest places for students in Uniben, at least I never heard of something like this ever happening there.
“How did someone enter Hall 3 unseen, shoot and kill someone and escape? Thought they finally moved past these senseless killings. I can understand Ekosodin being unsafe, but these days the ‘unaliving’ happens inside hostel. Why should we be hearing the sound of shotgun inside Hall 3??”
Another user, Sunday_Omomo described how peaceful the hostel was during his stay. He said, “So sad, I spent my 1st yr at Aminu Kano hall, Hall 3, it was peaceful then.”
“If you went to Uniben and stayed in Ekosodin like me for almost 5 years… Without being a cultist, you must be a strong man. People get shot and killed almost every day. If you stay there long enough..gunshot go be like knockout. Hall 3 and 4 were like the safest place to stay,” another user, Monεykιd added.
A user, identified as YeyeBrity said: “Inside Hall 3 hostel, this is very sad. Things like this were usual occurrence in Ekosodin and BDPA then not hostels inside the school premises.”
“You are right! I spent 6yrs in Uniben but no one was killed inside hostel! Only off campus.
“During our time any cultist that summon courage come hostel to kill cannot escape the crowd of hall 3!” GOALDYN MAN said.