There was tension in Osogbo, capital of Osun State on
Saturday as students of Osun State (UNIOSUN) staged a protest over the shooting
of 2 students of the university, Kazeem Adesola and Ibrahim Ajao by some
policemen from the headquarters of Zone 11 of the Nigerian Police Force
controlling Osun, Oyo and Ondo states.
There was tension in Osogbo, capital of Osun State on
Saturday as students of Osun State (UNIOSUN) staged a protest over the shooting
of 2 students of the university, Kazeem Adesola and Ibrahim Ajao by some
policemen from the headquarters of Zone 11 of the Nigerian Police Force
controlling Osun, Oyo and Ondo states.
Daily Trust correspondent gathered that the students were
playing football at a pitch off-campus around Oke-Baale when the policemen came
in mufti and accused some of the students of involving in internet fraud also
known as Yahoo-Yahoo (YY).
A student who was at the scene when the incident happened
spoke with Daily Trust on condition of anonymity.
He said the policemen were in the habit of harassing and
exploiting the students and that the attempt by the students to resist the
harassment on Saturday led to the shooting.
“We were playing football when they came. They always come
like that to arrest students here. They would say that we are involved in
Yahoo-Yahoo and they would seize our laptops and phones.
“They would collect money on the pretext of bail. But we
resisted them on this last one. Within a twinkle of an eye, the policemen
started shooting.
“When the policemen started shooting, we ran away but the
bullet hit two of us and they were rushed to hospital. The bullet hit one near
his stomach and the bullet hit the second one in his mouth”.
The Commissioner of police in the state, Mr Fimihan Adeoye
confirmed the incident and disclosed that the policemen have been arrested and
detained and assured that they would fail the full wrath of the law.
The CP said he has ordered a full scale investigation into
the matter and cautioned the students of the institution not to take laws into
their hands. He also assured the people of Osogbo of their safety.
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