The car accused of shooting |
“The security details shot at us. We have held them
hostage. We will not let him go.”
Hundreds of protesting students of the Obafemi Awolowo
University have held a presidential convoy hostage in Ile-Ife, Osun State.
The convoy led by a Toyota bullet proof SUV with
‘Presidency’ inscription and Registration
number, FG902-B02, tried to drive through the students who were protesting
an increase in fees by the university management.
Security details attached to the convoy then shot, perhaps
to scare the protesters, with two of the students reportedly sustaining
injuries.
“The security details shot at us. We have held them hostage.
We will not let him go.” one of the leaders of the protest told PREMIUM TIMES
on phone.
The students were protesting, on the Ife Expressroad, the
increase in their school fees by the university management when the 6-vehicle
convoy arrived.
The university management increased the fees from about
N17,000 to over N100,000.
“We demand a total reversal to statusquo,” the student
leader said.
It is not yet clear who the occupants of the presidential
convoy are as some students said the main occupant is a relative to President
Goodluck Jonathan.
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