Ikpeazu fumes over beheading of ABSU students
The Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has condemned last weekend’s cult violence in the Abia State University, Uturu which led to the beheading of two students.
The Governor said the gory picture of the two lifeless bodies with their heads severed has been a source of agony and mental torture to all well-meaning people who have respect for life.
In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Godwin Adindu, the Governor described the incident as a show of savagery which should not be identified with students who are going through a process of training in character and learning.
He lamented that such trend of violence was capable of tarnishing the growing reputation of the institution as a topmost centre of academic excellence in Nigeria as attested to by the performance of the students in the Nigerian Law School and in other national competitions and awards.
The Governor warned that such dastardly acts perpetrated by students in the name of cult rivalry could no more be condoned in the tertiary institutions in the state, stressing that Abians were peace-loving people who had respect for life.
He emphasised that cultism was an illegal practice which was outlawed in the country and warned all such groups to stay clear of the schools in Abia as their activities now constitute a drawback to the gains humanity had made over the years in the march of civilisation.
