Cultism: Female student tortured, injected with poison for refusing to join fraternity

A 17-year-old female student of the Niger Delta University was allegedly tortured by a female cult group in the school because she refused their overtures to join them.

A 17-year-old female student of the Niger Delta University, Ammassoma, Bayelsa State, was last week attacked by a suspected all female cult fraternity on the campus because she refused several entreaties to join the fraternity which is said to be involved in lesbian activities and drug related crimes in the school.

According to Punch Newspaper, the cult group reportedly led by a final year student of the Education Department in the school, had at several times, invited the girl who is said to be the daughter of one of the lecturers in the school and a first year student of the Economics Department, to join them but she always refused such invitations due to her strict Christian background and faith.

Angry at her refusal to be a part of the group, they allegedly attacked her at Hostel “F” of the institution and injected her with a strange substance after subjecting her to severe torture.

A close friend of victim said the victim was attacked at about 4am last Tuesday in her hostel room.

"She was tied to a chair and severely beaten by four girls. Her hair attachment was forceful removed and she was injected with substances that made her behave in a crazy manner for days.

When the attackers saw that the girl had fainted, they brought her out of the room in the early hours of morning, and they were apprehended."

The Students’ Senate Disciplinary Committee is said to have begun investigations into the matter with a view to bringing the culprits to book