The National Association of Nigerian Students and the Niger Delta Youth Leaders Front have called for an autopsy report on Jeffery Chamuke Akron, a Mechanical Engineering student at Ajayi Crowther University, who was allegedly beaten to death by his colleagues over a phone theft accusation.
Akron, an Itsekiri prince from Warri, Delta State, resided in Shepherd Inn hostel on the university’s premises and was reportedly tortured from 6 pm on Friday until about 10 am on Saturday. Twenty-five students, aged 18-34, have been arraigned in the Chief Magistrate Court in Oyo State and remanded in a custodial center until July 8, pending trial.
The leadership of NANS visited the university, protesting and demanding an autopsy to identify the real culprits involved in Akron’s murder.
Comrade Lucky Emonefe, NANS Universal President, and Honourable Chukwutem Nwogor, President of the Niger Delta Youth Leaders Front, while speaking to journalists, expressed doubts about the identity of the 25 suspects and accused security agents and the school management of shielding the true perpetrators.