Ogun state government orders investigation into killing of student, arson in Ijebu-Ode

The Ogun State Government has assured that those responsible for the killing of a 300-level student of Tai Solarin University of Education(TASUED), Ijebu-Ode and subsequent mayhem in the town would be unveiled in due course and not go scot-free.

Penpushing reports that  the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr. Waheed Adesina, made this known in a statement on Sunday,  stressing that the state government condemned the dastardly act.

The statement disclosed that the police have been instructed to invite all concerned, including the Baale of Imaweje village where the incident took place and unravel the immediate and remote causes of the death of the student, lamenting that the killing of the student,was one death too many.

Penpushing further reports that Adesina pointed out that no one has the right to take law into their own hands,  assuring that government will take every action necessary to punish all those involved, and equally appealed to the students of the institution to remain peaceful and law abiding, while waiting for the outcome of the police investigation

The Permanent Secretary in the statement explained that government has assured that such incidents will not be allowed to happen again anywhere in the state.

Penpushing also reports that some students of the university allegedly set four houses, including that of the Baale of Imaweje, the host community ablaze last week, following the death of the student, whose name has not been disclosed.

The students action it is recalled was said to be in retaliation for the death of their fellow student, who was allegedly beaten to death on the allegation that he was a cultist.

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