…Not the first time, we lack adequate security here – SUG President
..it’s a direct assault on the future of our nation – NANS
Students of the D.S. Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori, Ogun State on Tuesday blocked the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, to protest the killing of a female colleague during a midnight robbery attack.
The Tripod Times reports that the deceased was a Higher National Diploma (HND) II student in the Department of Marketing and was due to write her final examinations in a few days.
According to reports, the school, located in Eruku Community, Ewekoro Local Council of the state has been witnessing similar robbery attacks, with students calling on the Ogun State Government to come to their aid.
The protesting students blocked the highway, causing traffic congestion and grounding commercial activities, making commuters and motorists stranded for hours.
“Please, we need the full support of the government. There’s no security. If there was security, this wouldn’t have happened to this extent. This is not the first, second or even the third time this has happened in Eruku,” the Students’ Union Government (SUG) President, Blessing Owoigbe, said during the protest.
Another female student, who sustained ear cut injury and a male student, who sustained a gunshot wound are said to be receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba Abeokuta.
Meanwhile, a statement by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) through its Secretary-General, Oladimeji Uthman, has it that the incident underscored the worsening security challenges confronting students across Ogun State and the country.
NANS described the attack as “heart-wrenching and a direct assault on the future of Nigeria’s educational system.
While extending condolences to the family of the deceased and the entire student community, the group urged Governor Dapo Abiodun to fortify schools in collaboration with security agencies, institutional managements, traditional rulers, student leaders and local governments.
