Students in a female hostel at the University of Abuja had to wrestle a student to the ground after she tried to set the entire hostel on fire.

The student, said to be “possessed”, set her mattress on fire inside her room then watched as the fire spread to the entire room.

The student was also seen brandishing a knife to presumably scare people away and prevent them from tackling the fire.

However, when the fire started burning uncontrollably with thick black smoke coming out of the room, her fellow students were forced to intervene before it got out of hand.

While some students wrestled the culprit to the ground, others swung into action and put out the fire.

The management of the university are yet to comment on the bizarre incident.

Eventually, when the fire started getting out of hand, some students wrestled her to the ground while others tackled the fire.

Watch videos from the scene below.