Uniosun Students In Violent Protest Over Incessant Missing Students

UNIOSUN Students In Violent Protest Over Incessant Missing Students

By Sodiq Lawal

Students of the Osun State University have taken over Olaiya and some streets in Osogbo burning brutes and vandalising properties as they protest the incessant disappearance of their colleagues.

A 400 level student of Microbiology Department was called out by a neighbour Sakariyau Abdulrofiu 10 days ago and his corpse was found at the back of the Alfa.

Dressed in black shirts and trousers, the students chanted war songs and attacked motorists and journalists covering the protest.

They invaded the NUJ Correspondent Chapel’s office at Fagbewesa and slapped a female journalist, Seun Adesokan and rough handled others for daring to take their photographs.

The irate students had yesterday burnt down a house close to where the deceased body was discovered, and continued their demonstration this morning.

The obviously angry students marched from their school campus at Oke Baale, to the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo, and made a stop at the Olaiya roundabout where a bonfire was made.

The students who came out in thousands were seen destroying everything they came across, chasing people with sticks and iron materials.

Our correspondent noted that only one patrol vehicle of the police was seen moving with the protesting students, as they made their way to the state Secretariat.

Commercial and vehicular activities in the town have been grounded and there is a significant amount of tension in the air.