The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 300-level student of Accounting at the Niger Delta University, African Innocent for alleged murder of his fellow student, James Okunmakpeye, at a lecture hall on Wednesday.
It was gathered that the victim, James Okunmakpeye, was shot in the head at close range and he was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
He was said to be standing by the door of the lecture room in the Faculty of Management Sciences in the state-owned institution on Wilberforce Island when the assailant attacked him.
The incident was said to have caused pandemonium as Okunmakpeye’s classmates and the lecturer ran away in fear, while the victim’s lifeless body was left in a pool of his blood.
The Public Relations Officer, NDU, Mr. Ingezi Idoni, confirmed the incident and said the management was investigating it and had contacted relevant security agencies.
Idoni, who stated that the student was killed during lecture hours, said the deceased came late for the lecture, and while he was being interrogated for why came late by the lecturer someone shot him from behind.
The culprit after committing the heinous act ran towards the Ogobiri side of the institution, where the perimeter fencing has failed and escaped.
The spokesman for the Bayelsa State Police Command, Asinim Butswat, said a suspect had been arrested in connection with the Okunmakpeye’s death, adding that the command had mobilized men to beef up security in the school.