Students protest killing of colleague

Bayelsa students yesterday in Yenagoa protested the murder of their 17-year-old colleague, Miss Seifa Fred, by suspected cultists.

Clad in black attires, the students, under the auspices of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the National Union of Bayelsa Students (NUBSS), marched on the popular Mbiama-Yenagoa Road, carrying the portrait of Seifa.

The deceased, a 100-level student of the Niger Delta University (NDU), was shot dead by suspected cultists at close range while running an errand for her mother in Yenagoa.

Seifa, who was at home following a strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), went out about 8pm last Friday to buy roasted meat (suya) for her mother.

When returning home, the suspected cultists attacked her close to her house and shot her in a bid to snatch her phone.