It was discovered that the occurrence prompted anarchy as the yet-to-be-recognized policeman fled the scene in the wake of carrying out the wrongdoing.
One of the students shot by the suspect was said to have died before help could come, as delegates, who had stormed the venue to vote for their choice aspirant, also took to their heels.
The other victim was said to be recuperating at the Federal Medical Centre.
The incident almost ended the senatorial primary in which a wife of the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mrs Mariam Ali; a former House of Representatives member for Ika South, Doris Uboh; and one Chief Oyibode, were jostling for the party’s tickets.
It was gathered that the trigger-happy policeman fled for fear of being lynched by students who trooped out in their hundreds to avenge the death of their colleague.
Although it was not clear as of the time of filing this report what led to the shooting, a student said the policeman opened fire on the victims while they wanted to force their way into the school for lectures.
Voting, however, continued after other security agents at the venue brought normalcy to the area.
The Speaker of the Students Union Government of the institution, Onochie Ubani, wondered why such a sensitive exercise was brought to the school premises as the students were still on academic session.
Ubani lamented that his personal aide, Nweke Henry, a 200-level student of Industrial Technology, who just completed his examination, was one of the victims of the incident.
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