BREAKING NEWS: UNIOSUN SHUTS DOWN CAMPUS, STUDENTS
HOSPITALIZED
Some Airforce Men have attacked the students, members of
staff of the university of Osun. The attack was carried out by officers of the
Nigerian Air Force on the students and members of the staff.
The punch reports that in a statement on Tuesday, May 23,
the institution said it was closing down its Ipetu Ijesa campus due to the
invasion of the attackers. |
| hospitalized female student |
The men reportedly invaded the institution with guns,
cutlasses, daggers and other dangerous weapons. As the cause of the invasion is
still unknown, some residents said the men came to arrest some students who
claimed were involved in internet fraud, also known as yahoo yahoo.
In the course of the invasion, at least 11 students and 2 workers were injured. The military men indiscriminately attacked anyone that
came their way with the weapons they were holding.
The attack was further confirmed by the Dean of Student
affairs Dr. Adebimpe Adigun, the situation was “bloody”, she said.
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| UNIOSUN studend seriously beaten |
“they did not fire a single gun shot, but they beat students and injured them. They also beat staff(members) and everybody.
“they threatened to shoot me if I moved close to them. I knelt down and begged them, but they did not listen.
“I called their commandant on the telephone to help talk to his boys. I think he did because they have left our campus now.
“But we are yet to see some of our students who ran inside the bush to escape the attack.”
