Aka Community Secondary School, Aka Offot, Uyo Local Government has been taken over by Akwa Ibom State Police Command after an SS3 student stabbed an SS2 student to death.On Thursday, March 10, the tragic incident occurred during a brawl.

The school has been shut indefinitely, according to a teacher who verified the incident to the press.

“Following the directive from the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Idongesit Etiebet, the principal announced the indefinite closure of the school to forestall further breakdown of law and order. Policemen are only here to enforce that directive and to investigate the incident.”

Cult rivalry, according to one of the students in the school, was the cause of the dispute.

“The assailant, one Samuel Effiong Aduk (18), popularly called ‘Benzema’, who stabbed the deceased, James Effiong Archibong, (18), to death, had left the school to continue his SS3 in another school because of series of frictions he used to have with other students.

“Since then, he ( Aduk) has been coming to this Aka Community School, until yesterday (Thursday) when he came and a bitter quarrel broke out between himself and James, whereby he brought out kitchen knife and sliced his throat and James died instantly before being rushed to the hospital.”The spokesperson of the command, Odiko Macdon, confirmed the incident and said that investigation was ongoing on the cause of the fracas between the duo.

“We are aware of the incident of a fight by students of Aka Community Secondary School, where one Samuel Effiong Archibong of SS3 stabbed his colleague, one James Elijah Aduk, of SS2, in the neck and he died. Both of them are 18 years old.

“The CP, Mr. Amiengheme Andrew has zero-tolerance for crimes and criminalities and has ordered a discreet investigation on the said incident.”