by Akan Ido
The police in Bayelsa yesterday announced the death of a 200 Level student of Niger Delta University who was said to have been killed during a forceful initiation ceremony last December.
The student, Tariebi Tyger, was reported to have turned down the cultist’s advances but was forcefully abducted from his hostel and beaten mercilessly during the initiation exercise where he passed out and died. His body was later thrown in the river by his suspected killers.
Police spokesman, Fidelis Odunna said, “They forcefully took the boy from his hostel to initiate him into a cult and in the process, the boy passed out. They threw his corpse into the river. We are going to arraign them very soon.”
Tyger was the son of a police officer in the state.
According to the deceased’s grandfather, Lucky Daniel, all efforts to get through to the 21-year-old 200 Level student proved abortive prompting the family to organise a search party to look for him.
He said, “His parents became worried and swung into action to locate him in his hostel accommodation. To their chagrin and utmost disappointment, they observed that the door of his room was broken but he was nowhere to be found.
“In their frantic efforts to locate their missing son, the parents contacted his erstwhile room mate who was his closest associate at the time. He joined the parents as a sympathiser in the search”, he said.
Odunna maintained that the suspects arrested in connection with the killing will be prosecuted as soon as investigations are concluded.
Son of a police officer? The end