Students of the University of Ibadan
on Thursday blocked the Mokola-Oojo Road in the Oyo State capital and beat up a
journalist
while protesting the death of a student, Mayowa Alaran.
Alaran was said to have collapsed
while watching the UEFA Champions League match between Barcelona and Bayern
Munich at the common room of Independent Hall on Wednesday night.
After attempts by his colleagues
failed to revive him at the scene, he was reportedly rushed to the school
health centre, popularly called Jaja, where he eventually died.
The student’s anger was said to have
risen as a result of the failure of the hospital’s ambulance to arrive early.
The protesting students blocked the
Sango-Ojoo Road, causing huge traffic along the route and the environs.
Two police vans were stationed in
front of the school but they did not stop the students from showing their
displeasure with the death of their colleague.
Effort by the institution’s
spokesperson, Olatunji Oladejo, to persuade the students to return to the campus
fell on deaf ears.
The students refused to allow
journalists to use camera or record the protest as they also attacked those who
used their phones to record their scenes.
Mr. Sola Adeyemo of the New
Telegraph was beaten up by the students while his phone was seized from
him.
His clothes were torn before the
police came to his rescue.
Source:Punch Newspaper.
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