MILITANTS, CULTIST Clash at Igninedion University ... 2 beheaded

One person was feared dead, while 15 people were injured and over 50 vehicles burnt yesterday, during a clash between ex-militants, who were registered in the igbinedion University Okada, Edo State and suspected cultists.

The burnt vehicles belonged to students and staff of the university.

The tension in the university started penultimate week, when four students in the Department of Medicine were abducted. It was learnt that they were later released after the families paid huge sums of money.

However, there was unconfirmed report of two headless bodies sighted at the scene of the incident, while the ex-militants held the entire institution hostage for several hours after they locked up the exit gates, making it impossible for the detachment of mobile policemen, that were deployed to the university by Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr Olayinka Balogun, to gain access to the scene of the clash.