The Obafemi Awolowo University massacre was the mass murder of students of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria on 10 July 1999. Five students of OAU were killed and eleven injured.
The massacre was perpetrated by an organized death squad of 40 members from the Black Axe Confraternity branch at the OAU. The perpetrators invaded Awolowo Hall at the university at around 4:30 A.M., armed with shotguns and hatchets used against students.
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