A final-year student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago-Iwoye, simply identified as Timi, has been shot dead during an armed robbery attack on Thursday.
DAILY POST learnt that the robbers stormed the Konigba area, a section inhabited by students, and operated for several hours without any intervention.
Reports indicate that about seven houses were targeted during the attack, including that of the deceased.
Witnesses reported that the robbers forcibly entered the houses by breaking doors and gaining access through the roofs. They carted away phones, laptops, money, gas cylinders, and other valuables.
The students, however, took to the streets in protest, demanding accountability from the authorities following the tragic killing of the student.
They marched to the palace of the Ebumawe of Ago-Iwoye, Oba Abdulrazaq Adenugba, the Ago Police Station, and the university campus, singing solidarity songs and carrying placards with various inscriptions such as: “Ago-Iwoye is not safe, we need our safety,” “Our voice must be heard,” “Say no to insecurity,” and “We are here to learn, not to be robbed.”
Reacting to the incident, the school management, in an official statement released by the institution’s Deputy Registrar and Head of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Niyi Oduwole, declared Thursday a lecture-free day following the tragic incident.
According to the statement, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ayodeji Agboola, directed the suspension of all academic activities for the day to enable students mourn their colleague whose life was cut short in the attack.
While sympathising with and extending its condolences to the bereaved family,
