Two Arrested As Osun College Students Allegedly Attack Police Station After Colleague’s Death

The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two persons who allegedly attacked its personnel at the Ijebu-Jesa division following the death of a final year student of Interlink College of Health Technology, Ijebu-Jesa.

OSUN DEFENDER reports that the victim, Oluwaseun Aderifa, died on Wednesday, when a Toyota Hummer Bus with registration number FST-644YL, hit him.

The National Diploma 2 student who was driving a motorcycle was on his way back from a bank in Ilesa where he went to pay his tuition when the incident happened.

The student was said to have died before he could get to the hospital. The development, OSUN DEFENDER, gathered, led to a protest by other students of the institution.

Providing an update on Thursday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi, said other students who felt aggrieved by the incident attacked the station and assaulted police officers on duty.

He said, “Immediately the information was received, police mobilised to the scene. In the course of trying to secure the accident scene, people began to gather and before we knew what was going on, they lit a lace bread with petrol and threw it under the bus.

“We were able to put out the fire and recover the vehicle to the station. Before then, two Divisional Police Officers and the town monarch had appealed to them to calm down.

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“However, not long after the vehicle was moved to the station, some of them went to the Ijebu-Jesa division and attacked the officers there. They broke the vehicle’s glass and assaulted our officers.

“We arrested two of them, and an investigation is ongoing. Those arrested have been transferred to the headquarters in Osogbo.”

Olamilekan Adigun

Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.

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