Barely one week after Damino Damoche, the final student of the Lagos State University was killed by suspected cultist in front of the institution's gate, another student was yesterday, murdered by suspected cultists on reprisal attack.
Although the deceased identified as Karim Abiodun ,was reportedly not a student of LASU, but he was alleged to be a member of Buccaneer confraternity, whose members were said to be at war with members of the Eiye confraternity.
Report said the cultists stormed Karim's abode located on Afolabi street around PPL in Okokomaiko area at about 4am yesterday,from where he was chased to peoples bus-stop around Ajagbandi and shot dead.
The late Karim, a second year student of Economic Education at the Lagos State College of Education ,Ajagbandi, was the second person killed during reprisal attacks by the warring cultists since the death of Damino.
The first person shot dead, was identified simply at Kabiru.
The Police as gathered, arrested a member of a vigilante group in the area. The suspect whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, reportedly admitted to have seen when the late Karim was being chased. He was also said to have identified one of the assailants to the Police.
Meanwhile,students of other institutions living around PPL have vacated their homes for fear of same fate befalling them.
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