Tony Osauzo, Benin
Suspected cultists, yesterday, invaded Oba Akenzua Secondary School and Ihogbe College, in Benin, the Edo State capital, and injured many students with knives and cutlasses, disrupting academic activities in the process.
Teachers and students reportedly scampered for safety, when the cultists started shooting and attacking students of both schools adjacent each other, located along ICE Road, off Wire Road in Benin.
One of the students was said to have been fatally injured and was rushed to the hospital.
According to eyewitnesses, the suspected cultists were heading for a target in the area, when some students who are members of junior rival cult group started throwing stones at them.
Consequently, the cultists stormed the school and started inflicting injuries on any student in sight.
Following the incident, heavy security was drafted to the school, even as two of the suspected attackers arrested by the police were seen crying and claimed they were innocent.
A resident in the area, who spoke to journalists, said activities of cult-related attacks have been on the rise in recent times.