Joy Ihezie (400 level) and Faith Okeke (200 level) of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Imo State University, were killed after they were attacked by robbers on the Kaduna-Jos Road, while travelling to Jos, Plateau State, on a coastal bus to attend a national conference of the National Fellowship of Christian Medical Laboratory Science Students.
They were about three kilometers to their destination when the incident happened. It was said that the gun-wielding robbers were operating on the highway when the bus conveying the students ran into them. The gunmen reportedly opened fire on the students when their bus attempted to flee the scene.
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was a moment of sadness and sorrow at Imo state University, (IMSU), Owerri, as the students of Medical and Laboratory science of the faculty of Health Sciences mourned two of their course mates who were reportedly shot dead by gunmen last Friday on Kaduna – Jos expressway. According The students who were in all black
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