Two students of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic (RUGIPO), Owo, Ondo State, were allegedly shot dead by police and many others injured in a violent clash between students and law enforcement officers on Sunday.
Greennews.ng gathered that it all started when a police patrol van hit some students of the institution and the policemen in the vehicle allegedly abandoned the students and ran away.
The development was said to have led to the students marching in protest to the ‘B’ Division Police Station at Otapete area of the town. In protest to the station, the policemen allegedly fired teargas to disperse them. The action of the police reportedly angered the students, who destroyed vehicles while the police retaliated.
The protesting students barricaded the Owo/Akure expressway, causing a gridlock that lasted for several hours, with bonfires in many places, preventing residents from going out.
A student, Ibironke Tolulope Ilosiwaju, who witnessed the incident posted the following on the social media:
An accident occurred last night in my school Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo (RUGIPO). Police got involved, which led to 2 student’s death.
This morning, students went to police station peacefully with no arms. On getting there, the police turned the student to animal. They started shooting at us as if we are not human even MR RECTOT almost got shot in the process. Four students shot by the police, have already been hospitalized.
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