One Student Loss his Life During School Protest in Lautech

Article Source: Nigeria Universities News

We’ve just recieve some information directly from the authorities of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology also known as LAUTECH in Ogbomoso has cleared the air on the protest by students of the academic institution on Tuesday this week, saying that there was only one casualty, only one student died.

Students of LAUTECH took to the street on Tuesday, allegedly protesting the death of their colleagues in a motor accident in the ancient town.

As we’ve previously shared here, the students were said to have blocked the main gate of the Varsity, thereby, forcing out staff and others having business in the academic institution.
The students also went extreme by burning the vehicle that killed their colleagues.

However, a statement which was released by Lautech registrar, Mr J. A. Agboola, on Tuesday denied that three students died in the said accident, which occurred on Monday-Tuesday.

According to the school Registrar, Mr Agboola, he said that only one student, Folakemi Olojugba, a 200 Level female student in the Department of Science Laboratory Technology, was killed along with two other students as well as three others who are not students of the university.
According to the statement, the registrar explained that the victims were knocked down by a vehicle that veered off the Ogbomoso-Ilorin in a reckless driving.
The statement also added that the two other students who sustained injury were currently receiving treatment at the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso.

Although, normalcy has been restored and returned to the town after the violent protest.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Oyo State Police Command, Mrs Olabisi Ilobanafor, explained that the intervention of police quelled the protest, adding that the command increase the presence of police around the university campus with the aim to keep monitoring any possible breach of peace in the school.

We hope this is the end of the protest in the University.
Please, do let PEACE reign in LAUTECH.

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