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The Digest:

A promising future was abruptly ended by the persistent spectre of communal violence. According to the Daily Post, Taoreed, a fresh graduate of Osun State College of Technology, was killed by a stray bullet just after collecting his NYSC call-up letter, a symbol of his transition into national service.

Key Points
  • The victim was hit during a reprisal attack between rival cult groups along the Ilesa-Esa-Oke Road.
  • He was waiting to board a bus home after obtaining his NYSC call-up letter from the institution.
  • The violence began a day earlier during a final-year student sign-out celebration near the school.
  • A student eyewitness described scenes of panic as gunshots forced everyone to flee for safety.
  • The Osun State Police confirmed the incident as a cult clash that claimed two lives.
  • Taoreed was reportedly unaware he was hit and was later found unresponsive in a nearby bush.
  • His NYSC call-up letter was recovered from the black bag he was carrying at the time.
His death is a brutal metaphor for a generation's aspirations being cut short by a violence they did not create, holding a national call-to-service in one hand and a tragic fate in the other.

Sources: Daily Post Nigeria