Friday, May 1, 2026 - Men of a local vigilante group attached to Nana College of Health, Ibana Okpo, in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State, have allegedly k!lled a final year student of Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba after he strayed into the school premises.
The deceased identified as Andrew Amehson Aziko, was said to
be mentally unstable.
According to Punch, the security operatives allegedly
tortured Andrew before they shot him multiple times.
An eyewitness account told the publication that it was the
second alleged extrajudicial k!lling in the council area in two months.
The incident was first brought to public attention by
Danjuma Onoja, former Secretary of Olamaboro LGA.
“In the early hours of today, Tuesday, 28 April 2026, a life
was taken wrongly at Nana College of Health, Ibana Okpo. I call on the Chairman
of the Local Government to please investigate this matter thoroughly so that
the perpetrators of this act are brought to book,” he wrote.
Footage of the incident shows Andrew being beaten with
batons several times by the school’s security guards before he was allegedly
shot multiple times in the head, abdomen, and back.
His remains have since been deposited in the morgue, pending
formal identification and verification.
In the video, Andrew is heard pleading in Igala, telling the
security guards to “touch his hand” before they act.
He also called one of the men by name, suggesting that he
knew him.
When asked who sent him, he replied, “My father.”
One security guard retorted, “You are lying because your
father is late."
According to the publication, Andrew’s father, until his
d3ath, was a well-known socialite and former lecturer at Prince Abubakar Audu
University, Anyigba.
Preliminary accounts indicate that the deceased had mental
health challenges and was brought back home from Anyigba for treatment but
later escaped from a rehabilitation centre and wandered into the school before
the incident.
Despite his condition, Andrew was not known for any vices
before the incident, residents added.
A cousin of the deceased, Monday Ujah, corroborated Onoja’s
account.
"This happened in Olamaboro where we grew up, and I
never heard of this kind of callous behaviour, where brothers have no sympathy
for their kith and kin to the extent of k!lling him,” he said.
He described the act as “barbaric,” noting that Andrew had
no criminal record. He also questioned the school authorities and those calling
for calm, saying the management of Nana College of Health, on whose campus the
incident occurred, had yet to visit the family.
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