Armed
robbers have shot to death a final year engineering student of the Bayelsa
State-owned Niger Delta University (NDU), Wilberforce Island, Amasoma, Southern
Ijaw.
Obele
Wilson was attacked on the Sani Abacha Expressway, Yenagoa, where some branches
of new generation banks are located.
The
bandits, who were armed with guns and other weapons, reportedly held hostage
Wilson and some bank customers at about 2pm and started dispossessing them of
their cash, mobile handsets and other valuables.
Prior
to the incident, Wilson was said to be in the business of electronically
processing NDU’s screening forms for admission seekers.
A
source, who spoke in confidence, said the deceased student was at the spot to
seek customers from persons who bought the NDU forms from banks.
He
said: “The killing of Wilson was very painful. He was a final year engineering
student who was in the business of processing screening forms for admission
seekers.
“He
was at the premises of the bank on Tuesday to look for customers from among
those who purchased the forms. Some armed robbers stormed the place and started
collecting people’s valuables and cash. Wilson was said to have argued with
them. They shot him.”
The
source said after the shooting, sympathisers tried to rush Wilson to an
undisclosed hospital but he died before getting there.
Wilson
was described by some friends as “an active youth” from Ogbia Local Government
Area, immediate past Vice-President of the National Union of Bayelsa State
Students (NUBSS), and leader of the Ogbia students union.
“Before now, this street was not like this.
But now once its 7 to 8pm, you see people locking their shops which is not
supposed to be”.
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