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First Class Graduate Killed By Gunmen In Anambra

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3 years ago

Feb 20, 2022.

He was killed along with some passengers he was travelling with at Ekwulobia, a town in Anambra…

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a first class graduate, Sule Mathew, has been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen in Anambra.

Mathew who studied Information and Media Studies recently bagged first class from the Faculty of Communication, Bayero University Kano.

He was killed along with some passengers he was travelling with at Ekwulobia, a town in Anambra, news platform, PR Nigeria, where he once interned, made the announcement.

According to a fellow ex-intern at PR Nigeria, Silas Manager, Mathew had planned to go for the mandatory youth service corps before his death.

“Mathew was among the first set of students to intern with PRNigeria Centre in Kano in 2019. He lost his father in June, few months to his final examination, and graduated as the overall best student of our Department in August 2021 and was due to enrol for mandatory NYSC programme next week,” Salis said.

“He was on a 6-month non-residential fellowship program that trains, and mentors young citizen activists to push for democratic reforms – Gidan Yanci. He was on his way to Anambra from Abuja when the gunmen attacked their vehicle” a tear-filled bosom friend of the deceased, Gambo Ibrahim said.

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“After waylaying them, the gunmen opened fire on them killing all of them except the driver who escaped. So, when we couldn’t reach him and hear of the incidence, we sent Sule’s picture to the mortuary to confirm if he was among those killed and we got feedback that he was identified among those killed,” she narrated.

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