The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the killer of a final year student of the Rivers State University, Orowurokwo, Port Harcourt yesterday.
The victim, a student in the Engineering Faculty of the institution, was said to have been allegedly shot dead by one ‘Peruzi’, a level 300 student in the Faculty of Management Science.
It was disclosed that the suspect (Peruzzi), who was later apprehended by the school security and officers attached to Nkpolu Divisional Police headquarters, is suspected to be a member of the Vikings cult group while his victim is alleged to be a member of Ku Klux Klans (KKK) cult group.
It was gathered that the victim was shot dead in a canteen within the premises of Management Science in the company of his friends.
A source, who pleaded anonymity, alleged that the second-year student of the Management department was among the suspects that shot the deceased victim on his head, adding that the shooting resulted in pandemonium as students and staff scampered for safety.
The source further disclosed that the arrested killer among others was on the move to escape from the scene of the crime before security operatives apprehended the third-year management student believed to be involved in the killing.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the incident, said the police have launched a manhunt to arrest other fleeing suspects.
Omoni said: “I can confirm the incident this (yesterday) morning at the Rivers State University. One of the suspects who killed him has been arrested.
“The state Commissioner of Police has launched a manhunt on the fleeing suspects. They will be fished out. Calm has, however, returned to the school.”
On July 29, 2021, the PPRO, Omoni, had confirmed the arrest by the Octopus Strike Force and the recovery of short guns from a man in a hotel in Mile 3 Diobu suspected to be a Vikings cult leader in the Rivers State University.
