Cultists Stab 20-Year-Old Student, Almost Buried Him Alive In Ebonyi

A 20-year-old student of Comprehensive Secondary School, Ogwuma Village, in Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Sunday Oji, has recounted how he narrowly escaped being buried alive by suspected cultists.

Oji, while on a hospital bed at Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Afikpo, on Wednesday, revealed that the suspects mistook him for a member of a rival cult gang and dragged him into a bush where they dug a grave to bury him alive. The victim, who had matchet cuts all over his body, explained that it took the intervention of local hunters for him to escape the plot.

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Here's what he said; 

“The thugs claimed they were avenging the killing of one of their members who was shot dead last week in the area. 

“While I was in our compound, one of my friends came and told me to escort him to buy something. When we reached the store, we saw three boys on bikes destroying and looting the shop of one Imo Orji. One of them came to me and asked me where was Imo. And I told him I don’t know. 

“Before I could finish speaking, the other person interrupted me and said I should follow them. Before I knew what was happening, they started heating and stabbing me, saying I was the one who shot their member. 

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“They bundled me on one of the bikes and zoomed off to Ekoli where they dug a pit, threw me in, and covered me with sand up to chest level. I was inside there suffocating, shouting when they heard the footsteps of people coming and ran away. ”

Confirming the incident, Loveth Oda, the Ebonyi state Police Public Relations Officer said the crime was connected to the recent killings in the affected communities. She said arrests have been made and the suspects were in detention and would be prosecuted; 

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“Though we arrested thirty-six of them, they were screened and nine of them are in detention. Investigations are ongoing and more will be arrested.”