By Simon Utebor, Yenagoa

A third-year Accounting student of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa State has been taken into custody in connection with the killing of a student at a lecture hall on Wednesday.

African Innocent was arrested yesterday 24 hours after James Okunmakpeye was shot in the head at point-blank range while standing at the door of a lecture hall.

His killer reportedly fled through a breached fence.

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Okunmakpeye’s course mates and their lecturer scampered for safety, leaving his body in a pool of blood.

Police spokesman Asinim Butswat said the suspect was in custody, adding that the command had deployed operatives in the school.

Butswat stated: “When our teams were alerted, we responded swiftly and one suspect, African Innocent, a 300-level Accounting undergraduate of the institution was arrested. He is now in custody.”