There
was tension in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Saturday as students trooped
out to protest the shooting of two undergraduates of Osun State University who
were playing football.
Our
correspondent gathered that the two students, Abiola Kazeem (Department of
Physics Electronics) and Ibrahim Ajao, were shot in the waist and neck
respectively.
Kazeem
was said to have been initially rejected by two private hospitals before he was
taken to Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, while Ajao
was being treated at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital at Jaleyemi area.
Some
students living in the area said that the plain-clothed policemen, who came in
a vehicle without a number plate, accused the students of being involved in
Internet fraud.
The
students were said to have denied the allegation and allegedly resisted being
arrested by the armed cops which led the policemen to shoot them.
A
student, who identified himself simply as Adiboshi, said policemen usually
extorted students and seized their computers and phones anytime they came to
the area to raid.
Students
and some residents of Osogbo marched to the Oke Baale Police Station and made a
bonfire in front of the station as the police prevented them from burning it.
The
students later marched to the popular Olaiya Junction where they also made
bonfire, preventing motorists from taking the route.
A
team of policemen and an Anti-Personnel Carrier were deployed in the scene to
prevent the breakdown of law and order.
The
Vice Chancellor of UNIOSUN, Prof. Labode Popoola, said that the police and
other security agencies had started investigation into the shooting.
The
Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye, who visited the
victims at the hospitals, said he was there to ensure that the students were
receiving prompt and adequate treatment.
He
added that a full scale investigation into the case had commenced, adding that
the suspects had been arrested.
Source:The Punch
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