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UNIBEN probes alleged stabbing of student by colleague
The management of the University of Benin, Edo State, on Friday said it has launched an internal investigation into the alleged stabbing of a female student of the institution by her colleague.
The incident was said to have occurred on Wednesday night in one of the female hostels located on the Ekenhuan campus of the university.
It was learnt that the victim, identified simply as Heritage, had been stabbed by her friend, one Becky Oseye, in the head following an argument.
It was learnt that the victim sustained a deep cut in the head as a result of the attack and was rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.
It was also gathered that Oseye, said to be a 200-level student in the Department of Mass Communication, was later arrested by personnel of the university’s security unit, after some students in the hostel raised the alarm.
It was learnt that she had not been sighted at her department since the incident occurred.
But an Instagram user, who identified herself as a sister to Heritage, who had claimed on her account that the victim was allegedly stabbed five times over a piece of wrapper, also demanded justice on the matter.
The user, identified as tushspot, had said, “Justice has to be served. If Becky should be rusticated, it would be lovely. But her mum, whom her father left would feel it so much.
“The poor woman has high blood pressure all because of her and the girl (Oseye) doesn’t care about school, so she won’t feel it.
“She should be beaten and rusticated…. Stab someone five times over wrapper? Jesus Christ. And she was let go this afternoon (Thursday) without a scratch. While my sister was in the hospital, she (Oseye) was sleeping peacefully at home.”
Efforts by our correspondent to access the hall of residence where the incident reportedly took place were resisted by some hostel officials, who insisted that male visitors were not allowed into the premises.
But a female student who was sighted around the hostel said that the victim could have sustained the cut when she fell on her bunk during the argument.
The source, who did not want to be named, said, “According to what we heard this morning (Friday), she was not actually stabbed but hit her head on a bunk. But she was taken to UBTH.”
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Nkombe, told our correspondent that he had yet to receive the report of the incident.
Nkombe said, “I am not aware of the matter. I have not been briefed.”
But the university’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Michael Osasuyi, described the development as condemnable, adding that the institution had zero tolerance for any act of indiscipline.
Osasuyi said, “We know that the student was stabbed. They had an argument. But the school does not condone any form of indiscipline; the school does not even allow you to slap a student, not to talk of inflicting an injury.
“The school will take the necessary action. The moment it (incident) happened, we informed the school’s security department.”
He said that while the victim was responding to treatment, the institution would involve the Nigeria Police “when the need arises”.
“In life, there are stages, so we will take it stage by stage. She (victim) is responding to treatment. The school will take the necessary actions and all that needs to be done will be done,” Osasuyi added.
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