By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

Students of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka in Anambra State are set to protest the increasing insecurity in the university’s off-campus area.

This is coming on the heels of the recent killing of a 200 Level student simply identified as Daniel.

The off campus area in Ifite area of the state which is mostly dominated by students had in the recent time experienced dilapidated state of security mostly cult related.

The deceased is just one out of many students, whose lives ended abruptly as a result of the rise of armed robbery and cultism within the university community.

Daniel, as the the late student was identified, was killed by armed men who busted a hostel on Sunday night, at the Laurel junction area of Ifite.

According to sources, the armed men entered the apartment of his female friend, where he was at the time, and demanded he hand over his phone, which he was reported to have hesitated before letting go but pleaded with the assailants to allow him to take out his SIM card.

It was learnt that it was in that process that the armed men pulled the trigger and the bullet penetrated his belly.

Eyewitnesses said he was rushed to Amaku Teaching Hospital, in the Aroma area of the state where medical practitioners did their best, but could not help the situation until he gave up.

Daniel, a student of Mathematics at the university was scheduled for an examination soon, and according to sources, had just resumed school a few hours before the incident occurred.

“What is uncertain is, if these assailants were students or external forces with missions to rob students of their possessions.

“There is nothing like school security and everyone is just quiet about it. This is why we are trying to protest because they are not doing anything about

it. Even the Anti-cult which is like the existing security arrived an hour after the incident occurred.

“There have been underreported cases of robbery in the off-student area of the university. Criminals and students allegedly go about with weapons to protect themselves or perpetrate crimes”, a source said.

Meanwhile, the students have begun an online campaign on the Macro Blogging App tagged: ‘End the Killing’, ‘End The Robbery’, ‘Schooling in Unizik Is Not Death’.