BREAKING: Catholic Seminarian burnt to death in Kaduna

A catholic seminarian in Kaduna state was on Thursday, reportedly burnt to death by some unknown bandits.

The incident reportedly occured in the late hours of Thursday after bandits allegedly invaded his host parish St. Raphael Parish in Fadan Kamantan, Kafanchan Diocese in Southern Kaduna at about 8:00pm and set the parish house ablaze.

While some priests were reported to have escaped, the seminarian, identified as Na’aman Danlami was caught in the inferno.

It was gathered that the deceased seminarian died from the smoke he inhaled while trying to escape from the grasp of the attackers and that the remains of the seminarian have since been deposited in the mortuary.

Confirming the incident, the Kaduna State Police Command Acting Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Alhassan, said the force had been tipped about the incident.

On his part, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN in Kaduna State, Rev. John Hayab, who spoke to journalists via phone call said, “It is very sad that killings and this type of evil are still going on.”

Meanwhile, the Catholic Church in Kaduna State is yet to comment on the incident.

In another story, students of the Federal University Oye Ekiti have demanded justice in the killing of one of their colleagues, Modupe Atanda, who was recently murdered and buried within the university premises.

Atanda, who was a nursing studei, was earlier declared missing by the state Police and was later found dead and buried in a shallow grave near the university’s Nursing Lecture Theatre.

In a social media post, the students, under the aegis of the Students’ Union Government, called on the security agencies to get to the root of the matter and bring the perpetrators of the dastardly act to book while describing their late colleague as “a precious and bright student”.

FUOYE SUG President, Emmanuel Ajayi, and the Public Relations Officer, Elizabeth Akuraku, who mourned the slain student, said, “The cause of death and manner in which she died is a thing of great pain to the entire student populace in FUOYE”.

They said, “We demand justice. While we mourn her sudden loss and pay our last respects to the dead, we hereby charge security operatives in Ekiti State to investigate and bring the perpetrators of this grave crime to book” adding that they had visited the morgue and “no part of her body was mutilated contrary to claims and rumour flying around.

The students vowed that “just as police had made some arrests. We will not rest until the perpetrators are brought to justice.”

Earlier, the Police Commissioner in Ekiti State, Dare Ogundare, said that “the Command will do everything possible to unearth the identity of the perpetrator(s) and ensure they are made to face the full wrath of the law”.

Ogundare, in a statement on Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, Sunday Abutu, who sued for calm, enjoined anyone with useful information concerning the ugly incident to visit the Oye Divisional Police Headquarters, Oye Ekiti or the State CIID or call 09064050086/08053499199.

The statement added, “Ten suspects are currently in custody undergoing investigation.

“The CP has ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the death of one Atanda Modupe Deborah, a 200 Level Nursing student of FUOYE, who was declared missing within the school premises on September 5, but found dead in a shallow grave at a distance of about 30 meters behind the Nursing Lecture Hall”.

On its part, the management of FUOYE confirmed the incident in a statement by the University Registrar, Mufutau Ibrahim, and released on Wednesday evening.

Ibrahim stated that information reaching the security outfit of the university was that the said student had died.

He stated, “While the university management condoles with the deceased family and the generality of the university community, particularly our dear students, the management reiterates that investigation is still ongoing in collaboration with national security agencies to get to the root of the sad development and bring to book the culprits.

“We, therefore, appeal to students and all other stakeholders to remain calm.”

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