A 400-level Social Studies Department undergraduate of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, identified as Ganiyu Oloyede, was killed by cultists in broad daylight Saturday 5 November 2016.
The hoodlums committed the act at the deceased's hostel in Abapawa and thereafter threatened to unleash more violence on the area, witnesses said.
According to one eyewitness who gave her name as Bisiola,
"The crisis started at about 12pm in Abapawa in Ijagun. The area has several students’ hostels. I saw the boys running around with cutlasses. They were later said to be Aye and Aloera cult members.
"They chased Ganiyu to a corner and cut him with cutlasses until he died. What started the fight was that Ganiyu had a girlfriend who was beaten up few days ago by one of the cult members. The cult member was said to be interested in the lady.
"Ganiyu had protested the beating of his girlfriend by the cult member and the culprit went to invite his friends, who attacked Ganiyu. Students are still in fear because the cult members are threatening to unleash more mayhem."
Another eyewitness who pleaded anonymity added that the victim was not part of the cultists' plan. He said the cultists came to hack down another person and met Ganiyu:
"On getting to Ganiyu’s hostel, the cult members did not meet the person they came to attack. When they saw Ganiyu, one of them recalled that he had had an issue with him (Ganiyu) over a girlfriend. So, they vented their anger on him.
"Right now, Ijagun is hot and the soldiers who came to restore normalcy are only arresting and harassing innocent students. The cult members have all gone into hiding after the killing. We want the police to intensify their patrol around the campus. We want our peace to be restored."
