Angry Students Protest Killing Of Poly Student By Amotekun Corps

Angry Students Protest Killing Of Poly Student By Amotekun Corps

Aggrieved youths and students of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, in their hundreds on Friday, protested in front of the state secretariat, Alagbaka, in Akure, over the killing of Folarera Ademola, an ND1 student of the Department of Science Laboratory Technology, allegedly by an operative of the Amotekun Corps.

The aggrieved youths blocked all the link roads around the secretariat’s main gate thereby disrupting human and vehicular movements.

The protesters, who defied the morning rains and marched to the Governor’s Office, dropped the corpse of the victim in front of the government’s office, while calling on Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to fish out the killer Amotekun Corps.

The protesters also gave the state government a 24-hour ultimatum to hand over the said officer to the Nigeria Police Force for proper prosecution, take charge of the deceased’s burial, and compensate the family.

Speaking on behalf of the students, the Students’ Union President, Olorunda Oluwafemi, confirmed that the student was shot and killed on June 26 by an officer of the Amotekun Corps in front of his parents’ house.

Oluwafemi added that the deceased suffered gunshot wounds for 10 days before he was taken to the Federal Medical Centre in Owo, where he gave up the ghost on Thursday.

He said the protesting students marched from the school gate through the Palace of Olowo of Owo before taking the protest to the Governor’s Office and Amotekun’s office to further express their grievance.

Reacting, the State Amotekun Corps, said it received with dismay and sadness the news of the death of a student of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, allegedly shot by one of the Amotekun men in Owo during an operation.

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