Suspected herdsmen, on Wednesday afternoon, invaded Government Secondary School, Iluke, Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi state and burnt down the school.
Also, a timber contractor based in Ayangba in Kogi State, Mr. Ogwu Salihu, has been reported killed by some unknown gunmen.
It was gathered that the school was invaded at about 3p.m. when students have closed from school.
A source said it was discovered that a block of classrooms was set ablaze by some suspected Fulani herdsmen.
The flame of the burning schools was said to have attracted youths who mobilized to the scene. But all efforts to put out the flame were not successful as some classrooms were already razed.
The source said one of the herdsmen were arrested and handed over to the Kabba/Bunu Divisional Police Officer.
However, Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Edeh, when contacted said no suspect had been handed over to the State Headquarters of the Commander.
He said he will await a report from the divisional headquarters before he can make substantive remarks about the story.
In a related development, a timber contractor based in Ayangba, Kogi State, Mr. Ogwu Salihu has been killed by unidentified gunmen.
The incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday at the deceased girlfriend’s house, where he went to pass a night.
The girlfriend, whose name was given as Safiya, had four children for her former husband before they separated.
The relationship between Safiya and the deceased was said to have been a subject of controversy as the late timber contractor was alleged to be the person behind Safiya divorcing her husband.
Chairman, Dekina Local Government Council, Isiak Shaibu, who attended the funeral along with the Divisional Police Officer, condemned the act and vowed to bring those behind the dastardly act to book.
Ogwu has become the third person to be killed by gunmen in Ayangba community within four months.
The first victim of the assassinations in the area was former Chairman of Dekina Local Government Council, Mr. Adejo Akowe, who was murdered in broad daylight at a restaurant near the university at Ayangba.
This was followed by the murder of a Police officer, an indigene of the community, who came home for holiday during Christmas.
Residents of the university community are now living in fear as insecurity continues.