16.2.2026
Suspected herdsmen have reportedly attacked some students of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, inflicting on them various degree of injuries.
The students were attacked on Sunday night at about 9.00pm while going to the main campus of the University through a bush path,
when the herdsmen, attacked them. One of the victims had his three fingers chopped off, while others had injuries as they tried to escape.
According to a campus source, the students are freshmen and were unaware of the dangers of following the bush path at night.
“That axis they took is a dangerous, lonely path, and being new students, they were naive to have not known that moving through a lonely path, particularly at night, can be dangerous.
“One of the victims was walking through that path with the sister, innocently. As soon as they saw the attackers, they started running. But the boy was not lucky enough to outrun them.
“It was an alarm from the sister that drew the attention of those who rescued him and took him to the hospital before the security team was alerted,” said the source.
The acting Director, Information and Public Relations/Protocol of the institution, Louis Njelita, confirmed the development when contacted on Monday.
“Yes, there was an attack, and the chief security officer has been communicated on that, and I believe he has taken some actions,” Njelita added.