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| Some corp members carrying the remains of their deceased colleague |
DigitalSENSEBusiness News looks into the recent crisis in Port Harcourt leading to the
death of corp members and some students, onto the closure of UNIPORT.
Choba, a suburb of Port Harcourt,
where the University of Port Harcourt is located, is in the news again, but again
not for good reason.
DigitalSENSE Business News gathered
that two male youth corp members and a female student were shot dead
penultimate Thursday night by unknown gunmen.
The incident occurred at 10 p.m. in
Rumuchakara, popularly known as Mission Road. One of the victims was said to
have just finished celebrating his passing out from the compulsory one year
National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) scheme the same day and was going home
when the tragedy struck.
It was also learnt that the female
victim was a student of Uniport.
An eyewitness confirmed the
shooting, stressing the incident took place in front of a beer parlour, where
the just-passed-out NYSC member and his friends went to clink glasses for being
qualified.
DigitalSENSE Business News further
gathered that the trio were already through with the party and were strolling
home, when one of them pushed down some roasted plantains, being sold by the
road side.
The plantain seller was said to
have insisted that they pay for her damaged wares, when some men in a black
Highlander Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) arrived the spot and the occupants
pulled their rifles and pumped hot leads into the victims.
Equally, the bandits were said to
have shot severally at them, and made sure they were dead before speeding off.
Their bodies were later removed by the police and deposited at the morgue for
post-mortem.
When contacted, the Public
Relations of NYSC, Rivers State, Mr. Benjamin Esan said the identity of
the NYSC member could not be ascertained then. “It is difficult to know the
identity of the victim now, since he just passed out,” he told journalists, but
confirmed the incident.
Meanwhile, the State Security
Service (SSS) has arrested some suspects in connection with the murder of four
students, Kelechi Ugonna, Lloyd Toku, Chidiaka Biringa and Tekena Erikena of
the University of Port Harcourt, in Aluu community of Ikwerre Local Government
Area, Rivers State.
The four students were slaughtered
and burnt to death with tires hung on their neck by Aluu villagers on the
suspicious of being thieves. The jungle justice done to the students were
filmed and posted online went viral generating reactions from across the world.
The extrajudicial killings also
gave rise to protest with more 30 cars set ablaze and destroyed properties
worth millions of naira leading to the closure of the school by the university
authority ordering students and staff to vacate the school premises until after
the management might have sensed a very peaceful atmosphere for learning to
continue.
Mary Onyeure
... Making SENSE of digital revolution!
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