No fewer than nineteen (19) students of the
Polytechnic of Ibadan including their Students
Union Government (SUG), President
Oluwadamilola Peter Edema were arrested on
Friday for assaulting policemen on duty at the
Oyo State Police Command’s headquarters,
Eleyele, Ibadan.
Edema, eight other executive members and
their colleagues according to an Higher
National Diploma (HND), student of the
institution had gone to the police headquarters
to bail two of their colleagues who were
arrested by the police on Wednesday.
But the police said there was no record of
such arrest as claimed by the students.
While confirming the Friday’s arrest of 19
students to our correspondent Saturday
morning, Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), Adekunle Ajisebutu said the SUG
President and his colleagues who are still in
their custody were misled because there was
no record of arrest of the students they
claimed they came to bail.
He said the DPO in charge of Apete Police
Station and that of Eleyele had informed him
that there was no record of such arrest as
claimed by the students.
Ajisebutu said the SUG President and 18 others
were arrested for assaulting policemen on
duty, breaching of public peace and invading of
the police headquarters on Friday.
But a student who begged not to be named
said, “The Students Union president of The
Polytechnic of Ibadan was detained alongside
8 members of his executive at the police
Headquarters, Eleyele in Ibadan, Oyo state.
“The students Union heard that some of their
students were arrested by men of the force
yesterday 8/02/2017. The president went to
the station to asked why the students were
arrested and on getting there, the police said
they thought they were Yahoo boys and they
said they couldn’t find any evidence so the 2
boys were released.
“Meanwhile, as they were leaving the station,
one of the trigger happy policeman cocked his
gun at the students union President and the
students had to ask him if he wanted to shoot
and the trigger police man considered the
question as an insult and slapped the person
that asked the question. Immediately, the
students union executives were beaten up and
was arrested and presently, they have been
locked in criminal cell including the females
among them.
“Let’s start to demand the immediate release
of the union excos and demand for the
resignation of the Police Commissioner of Oyo
state.
But the police spokesperson, Ajisebutu, while
refuting the arrest of the two students as
claimed, informed that the SUG President and
those who came to invade the headquarters
were advised by the Dean of the Students
Affairs of the institution to take the matter
gently but instead mobilized themselves to
assault, breach public peace and invade the
command’s headquarters.
“They mobilized themselves, you know there is
a Jummat Mosque here that is open to
members of the public every Friday, they
pretended to be going to observe Jummat
service at the command’s headquarters, that
is why they were allowed in, after they gained
entrance, they went straight to the
Commissioner of Police office shooting various
solidarity songs, the policemen on duty were
assaulted, that resulted to the arrest of about
19 of them.
“And when I asked the SUG President the
names of the students he claimed were
arrested, he could not name the names of the
said students whom they claimed were
arrested, he was advised by the Dean of
Students Affairs but he did not take the advice,
he mobilized his colleagues and invaded the
headquarters.
“I called the DPO in charge of Apete and that
of Eleyele, they said there was no evidence of
such arrest, they said there is no record of
students who were arrested. No student was
arrested. He was misled.
When asked when the students will be
released or charged to court, Ajisebutu said
the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sam Adegbuyi
will determine when they will be released or
arraigned in court for the offence.
He said, “It is the opinion of the CP, If the
opinion of the CP is to arraignand charge them
to court, so shall it be.
Ajisebutu, however, informed that the police
and the school authority will decide on how to
settle the matter amicably.
Source: Dailypost
No fewer than nineteen (19) students of the
Polytechnic of Ibadan including their Students
Union Government (SUG), President
Oluwadamilola Peter Edema were arrested on
Friday for assaulting policemen on duty at the
Oyo State Police Command’s headquarters,
Eleyele, Ibadan.
Edema, eight other executive members and
their colleagues according to an Higher
National Diploma (HND), student of the
institution had gone to the police headquarters
to bail two of their colleagues who were
arrested by the police on Wednesday.
But the police said there was no record of
such arrest as claimed by the students.
While confirming the Friday’s arrest of 19
students to our correspondent Saturday
morning, Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), Adekunle Ajisebutu said the SUG
President and his colleagues who are still in
their custody were misled because there was
no record of arrest of the students they
claimed they came to bail.
He said the DPO in charge of Apete Police
Station and that of Eleyele had informed him
that there was no record of such arrest as
claimed by the students.
Ajisebutu said the SUG President and 18 others
were arrested for assaulting policemen on
duty, breaching of public peace and invading of
the police headquarters on Friday.
But a student who begged not to be named
said, “The Students Union president of The
Polytechnic of Ibadan was detained alongside
8 members of his executive at the police
Headquarters, Eleyele in Ibadan, Oyo state.
“The students Union heard that some of their
students were arrested by men of the force
yesterday 8/02/2017. The president went to
the station to asked why the students were
arrested and on getting there, the police said
they thought they were Yahoo boys and they
said they couldn’t find any evidence so the 2
boys were released.
“Meanwhile, as they were leaving the station,
one of the trigger happy policeman cocked his
gun at the students union President and the
students had to ask him if he wanted to shoot
and the trigger police man considered the
question as an insult and slapped the person
that asked the question. Immediately, the
students union executives were beaten up and
was arrested and presently, they have been
locked in criminal cell including the females
among them.
“Let’s start to demand the immediate release
of the union excos and demand for the
resignation of the Police Commissioner of Oyo
state.
But the police spokesperson, Ajisebutu, while
refuting the arrest of the two students as
claimed, informed that the SUG President and
those who came to invade the headquarters
were advised by the Dean of the Students
Affairs of the institution to take the matter
gently but instead mobilized themselves to
assault, breach public peace and invade the
command’s headquarters.
“They mobilized themselves, you know there is
a Jummat Mosque here that is open to
members of the public every Friday, they
pretended to be going to observe Jummat
service at the command’s headquarters, that
is why they were allowed in, after they gained
entrance, they went straight to the
Commissioner of Police office shooting various
solidarity songs, the policemen on duty were
assaulted, that resulted to the arrest of about
19 of them.
“And when I asked the SUG President the
names of the students he claimed were
arrested, he could not name the names of the
said students whom they claimed were
arrested, he was advised by the Dean of
Students Affairs but he did not take the advice,
he mobilized his colleagues and invaded the
headquarters.
“I called the DPO in charge of Apete and that
of Eleyele, they said there was no evidence of
such arrest, they said there is no record of
students who were arrested. No student was
arrested. He was misled.
When asked when the students will be
released or charged to court, Ajisebutu said
the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sam Adegbuyi
will determine when they will be released or
arraigned in court for the offence.
He said, “It is the opinion of the CP, If the
opinion of the CP is to arraignand charge them
to court, so shall it be.
Ajisebutu, however, informed that the police
and the school authority will decide on how to
settle the matter amicably.
Source: Dailypost
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