Heroic Final Year Unical Student Shot Dead by Armed Robbers while Fighting Them Off

Dare devil armed robbers have cut off the life a promising young man identified as Joseph Ita Archibong. He is said to be 21 years old and a final year student of the University of Calabar, Cross River Nigeria.

According to a family source, a three man gang broke into Joseph Ita Archibong’s  compound at about 2:a.m that fateful day and carried out the havoc which has left them in grief.

Here is what he told Vanguard newspaper who first reported the news.

“He (Joseph), did not know that one person was behind him because he tried to stop them while they were about leaving and they had another person in a waiting car outside but unfortunately one of the armed bandit behind shot him as he was trying to struggle with the masked one not knowing that one more was behind.“Although he died four days after because he was shot with a locally made gun, we didn’t know that the hospital would not be able to help, if we knew we would have gone traditional to remove those bullets because they were pellet. “Like I said earlier he died four days after he sustained the gun shot injury at the Public hospital and he would be buried on the 4th at Etak Ukana, Akwa Ikot Effanga in Akpabuyo LGA.Since the incident happened it has been difficult for the parents to stay here because of the trauma. I just pray that they recover from this because he is in his final year at the University of Calabar,” the source said.

So sad.