UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE ALLEGEDLY SHOT BY POLICE BURIED
The Student Union Government’s Public Relations Officer, Omofoye Adetola while speaking on the sad development said, “Initially, we did not want him buried yet. But his family disagreed. They want him buried as fast as possible’.
He added,’ you know it is not a thing of joy for his corpse to just be there. We went home to see his parents and we spoke at length. We promised them to bring justice. We even spoke with his brother.”
Penpushing further reports, Adetola on the other deceased undergraduate, said his burial details would soon be made public, adding, “he has not been buried yet because of one or two things. We will keep the students updated as things go,”.
The Vice-Chancellor, Kayode Soremekun of the university said as at the time of filing this report that the management has set up a 12-member panel to investigate the protest and the reasons behind the death of the students.
Penpushing also reports that the management in a statement, signed by Director of Administration of the institution, Olatubosun Odusanya also asked the panel to look into the manner of an attack on the convoy of the wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Bisi Fayemi.
The statement said the committee headed by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Abayomi Fasina, with Blessing Eyiolorunpe as the Secretary was set up to investigate the root cause of the action and prevent future occurrence.
The other members are Paul Ogidi; Security Officer Dosu Malomo; Dean of Students Affairs, Mufutaau Ibrahim; Council Affairs Officer, Chika Asoqua; Representatives of Nigeria Police, SSS, National Association of Nigeria Students, and NSCDC.
Meanwhile, as at the time of this report, the university’s Public Relations Officer, Godfrey Bakje, confirmed that the university has been shut down indefinitely as a result of the crisis.
