Tony Osauzo, Benin
Attacks by cultists got out of hands in Benin City on Tuesday when suspected cultists invaded Oba Akenzua Secondary School and Ihogbe College, injuring many students with knives and cutlasses and 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 to each other and located on ICE Road, off Wire Road in Benin City.
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 a junior rival cult group started throwing stones at them.
Consequently, the cultists stormed the school and started inflicting injuries on any student in sight.