An assailant has reportedly stabbed a student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State to death on Thursday after an argument over N1,000.
It was gathered that the assailant took to his heels after the incident and is still at large.
NPOReports learnt that Irate fellow students went on rampage immediately after the incident occured and razed a building belonging to a relative of the assailant in which he lived.
“The student was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. His death angered other students who set the suspect’s house ablaze,” an eyewitness said.
Police spokesman in Ondo State, ASP Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the incident but said she had yet to get full details.
She confirmed also that the student died in the hospital.
The traditional ruler of the community, Alale of Akungba, Oba Isaac Adeyeye, called for restraint and public peace.
He urged the angry students of the university to eschew breakdown of law and order.