Rape protest leads to closure of Tai Solarin University

The action of some suspected student gangsters at Tai Solarin University of Education {TASUED}, Ijebu-Ode, yesterday resulted in bloodbath and the one week closure of the university by its management.
Students said that the gangsters focibly raped some female students at gunpoint and posted the resultant video clips to the popular social network, facebook, and YouTube, a development which a parent of one of the victims took up legally and reported to the police.


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When the police moved into campus to fish out the suspected criminals, some of the gang members engaged the police in gun battle. Tragically, an innocent 200 level of History and Diplomatic Studies, Olawale Lasisi, was hit in the crossfire and died of his wounds.


The death of the student further infuriated his colleagues, who trooped to the streets to protest the killing. This resulted in violence as commercial activities were paralysed, as the students barricaded the Ijebu-Ode-Benin Expressway for hours, causing traffic congestion.

The angry students also took their protest to the police Area Command in Igbeba, Ijebu-Ode, to question the police decision to use live ammunition during their encounter with students.
The Area Commander, Bolaji Odesanya, who confirmed the incident, claimed that the students attempted to set free prisoners at the station.

However, following the heartbreaking incident, the management of the university Wednesday afternoon ordered the closure of the institution for one week and also set up a panel to investigate the incindent.
The state commissioner of police, Nicolas Nkedem, and some of his senior officers, also visited the scene of the incident yesterday. He said about 53 suspects are now in their net, as investigations continues.


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