UNIOSUN Students Protest Shooting Of Colleagues By Police

Students of the Osun State University,
Osogbo, on Saturday protested the
shooting of two of their colleagues by
some policemen.

The protesting students lit bon fires on
major streets and impeded human and
vehicular traffic within Osogbo metropolis.
According to reports that the shot
students, Kazeem Adesola and Ibrahim
Ajao, were playing football on a pitch at
Oke-Baale area of the metropolis when the
incident occurred.

The policemen, who came in plain clothes,
accused some students on the pitch of
being involved in internet fraud.
A witness, who asked not to be named,
accused the police of persistently extorting
money from students.

The witness, a student of the institution,
said the resistance by those on the pitch
led to Saturday's shooting.