Nigeria, June 23 -- A student of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai, was killed in the early hours of Monday during a suspected armed robbery incident at a students' lodge in the Ndakikpabu area of the town.

The victim, identified as Jafar, was reportedly stabbed in the neck by the assailants around 2:30 a.m. and later died at the General Hospital in Lapai, where he was taken for treatment.

University students blocked the Agaie-Lapai highway on Monday morning as they protested the incident.

According to a statement by the police spokesperson in the state, Wasiu Abiodun, officers from the Lapai Police Division responded to distress calls but arrived after the attackers had fled the scene.

The incident is being trea...