JUST a few weeks after two sheriffs on the university’s campus were arrested for allegedly raping a female student of the university, the Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State, is in the news for the wrong reasons once again. This time around, in an extremely distressing development, a 200-level student of the university identified as Alex Timileyin was beaten to death by a group of students for allegedly stealing a mobile phone! The student, a prince in the Uvwie and Warri kingdoms in Delta State, was brutally tortured to death in his hostel known as Shepherd Inn on the school premises on Saturday, May 25. A gruesome video posted online showed the deceased rolling on the floor while other students beat him with sticks and shouted profanities at him.
At a stage, the victim was also subjected to a barbing session in the barbaric episode that signposted utter lawlessness and cast the institution in extremely negative light. Quite naturally, the incident sparked widespread condemnations, with many calling for the swift prosecution of the suspects. Reacting to the incident, the management of the university said it had expelled certain students of the institution over their involvement in the dastardly incident.
It also dismissed allegations that the incident had a linkage with cultism. It said: “The university has zero tolerance for any sort of anti-societal vices and misconduct. It is important to stress that the expelled students do not belong to any cult group.
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