About six gunmen yesterday invaded Paul University, Awka, Anambra State, raping two female students at gun point.
The invasion infuriated other
students of the institution who barricaded the three gates leading into the university for several hours to protest what they termed insecurity on the campus.
It took the intervention of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Gaius Igboeli, and the Anglican Bishop of Awka, the Rt. Rev. Alex Ibezimhe, to stop the protest.
The VC had spent about 45 minutes persuading the students to let him into the campus.
He was followed by Bishop Ibezim who addressed the students.
The situation almost got out of hand when the students dared the police and insisted that no one would be allowed entry into the campus.
Sources said the gunmen stormed the university at about 1:45 am, seized a double barrel gun from one of te varsity’s security men, Godwin Orji and then attacked him with a broken bottle.
“The gunmen did not steal anything. They stole one double barrel gun belonging to one of our security men who they injured with broken bottles. They just came and dragged the two girls into a nearby bush and raped them,” one source said.
“The rapists came with one AK 47, three Pump Action guns and other dangerous weapons but they didn’t steal anything, only a double barrel gun.”
Culled-The Nation
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