SS3 Student Stabs Junior Colleague To Death

Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have taken over Aka Community Secondary School, Aka Offot, Uyo Local Government after an SS3 student stabbed an SS2 student to death.

The dire incident occurred during a fight on Thursday, March 10, Naija News understands.

A teacher who confirmed the incident to newsmen said that the school has been closed down indefinitely.

“Following the directive from the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Idongesit Etiebet, the principal announced the indefinite closure of the school to forestall further breakdown of law and order. Policemen are only here to enforce that directive and to investigate the incident.”

One of the student in the school stated that the reason for the dispute between the student was cult rivalry.

“The assailant, one Samuel Effiong Aduk (18), popularly called ‘Benzema’, who stabbed the deceased, James Effiong Archibong, (18), to death, had left the school to continue his SS3 in another school because of series of frictions he used to have with other students.

“Since then, he ( Aduk) has been coming to this Aka Community School, until yesterday (Thursday) when he came and a bitter quarrel broke out between himself and James, whereby he brought out kitchen life and sliced his throat and James died instantly before being rushed to the hospital.”

Spokesperson of the command, Odiko Macdon, confirmed the incident and said that investigation was ongoing on the cause of the fracas between the duo.

“We are aware of the incident of a fight by students of Aka Community Secondary School, where one Samuel Effiong Archibong of SS3 stabbed his colleague, one James Elijah Aduk, of SS2, in the neck and he died. Both of them are 18 years old.

“The CP, Mr. Amiengheme Andrew has zero-tolerance for crimes and criminalities and has ordered discreet investigation on the said incident.”

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