Fear and anxiety have gripped students, who reside in Auchi Polytechnic hostel, Estako West Local Government Area of Edo State as dangerous snakes have allegedly taken over the institution, Igbere TV reports.
The hostel inhabitants, comprising students, canteen operators and business owners, told Igbere TV that they now live in fear as they don’t know who may likely be the next casualty concerning the recent discovery of snakes that now lay ambush in ceilings, offices, hostels, bathrooms and other places.
Igbere TV gathered that thick darkness occasioned by power outage worsened the situation, making it difficult for the hapless students to see the lurking snakes.
The students, who described the situation as worrisome, called on the management of the institution to fumigate the entire campuses, to forestall a possible attack on the students.
It was learnt that a female student who was bathing, narrowly escaped being bitten when a snake suddenly dropped from the ceiling of the bathroom. She had to run out of the bathroom naked.
A student who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they now lived in their hostels in constant fear and anxiety.
“We now live in fear over the recent discovery of snakes in the hostels.
“We now live in fear in this hostel. Snakes were found and killed yesterday in one of the girl’s hostels. Snakes are now everywhere and nothing is being done about it.
