Some policemen, Saturday morning, allegedly shot at some students of the Osun State University while playing football.
The incident happened at the Oke Baale area of Osogbo, the Osun State capital.
Two students were hit by the bullets during the attack.
One of them identified as Abiola Kazeem, was said to have been hit on the stomach and was rejected at two hospitals before he was taken to LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Osogbo where he is current recuperating.
Punch reports that the other victim, Ibrahim, who was said to have been hit by the bullet in the mouth, is receiving treatment at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital at Jolayemi area of Osogbo.
The development is coming barely one week after a 300 level student of same institution, Kazeem Amodu Ige, was hacked to death around his hostel, located along University road, Oke-bale, Osogbo.
It was gathered that the policemen came to the football pitch and started shouting Yahoo boys, Yahoo boys and thereafter opened fire on the students.
The Coordinator of the National Association of Nigerian Students in the South West, Mr. Saheed Afolabi, who confirmed the incident, said he rushed down to Oke Baale area to find out what happened and that he was one of those who took the students to the hospital.
Some protesters, who gathered in front of Oke Baale Police Station, attempted to raze down the station but policemen on duty resisted them.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs. Folashade Odoro, confirmed the incident, saying that officers have been drafted into the area to calm the situation.
She said, “The Commissioner of Police has directed that a full scale investigation should be conducted into the matter. Anybody who is responsible for the dastardly act will be brought to justice.”
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