2 Feared Dead, Fayemi’s Wife Attacked As FUOYE Students’ Protest Turn Bloody
Two persons were on Tuesday feared killed as students of the Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) protested incessant power outage at the institution.
Mrs Fayemi was said to be returning from a tour of some Local Government Areas of the state where she went for advocacy and empowerment to the residents of Moba, Oye and Ilejemeje local councils.
Some hoodlums were said to have hijacked the protests staged by students with many on the convoy including journalists injured and several vehicles smashed in the process.
It was gathered that the hoodlums went on rampage in the afternoon, few hours after the students , who had protested against incessant power outage and called on Federal Government to assist them, had dispersed.
The hoodlums were said to have engaged the security operatives in violent clashes and allegedly vandalized vehicles in the convoy of the First lady.
Mrs Fayemi, it was gathered, was hurriedly whisked away from the scene of the incident by her security details while a police operational van was reportedly set ablaze.
The students were said to have gathered as early as 6:30 am on Tuesday at the main gates of the twin campuses of the institution in Oye and Ikole Ekiti in preparation for the protest.
During the protest, they were said to have called on the federal government to impress it on the body saddled with the responsibility of providing power to the campuses did their job and put a stop to poor power supply to the campuses.
It was gathered that the students dispersed after a few hours and normalcy had returned on the campuses and their environs.
But some miscreants later allegedly regroup to take advantage of the occasion to unleash violence on innocent people.
Reacting on the development, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, Mr. Caleb Ikechukwu , confirmed the attack on the governor’s wife, however and said that nobody was shot and no life was lost.
Ikechukwu explained that the students protested in the morning and blocked the Ifaki-Ikole-Omuo highway and prevented free flow of vehicles.
“The students did not allow vehicles to move freely and they vandalised the property of Benin Electricity Distribution Company.
“When police went there to dialogue with them, they resisted them. And the wife of the governor who went on local government tour ran into the barricade mounted on the road.
“The students were reported to have been violent destroying cars and smashed the windscreens of vehicles .
“We want to warn that the command won’t tolerate hooliganism under any guise. We want to assure the public that the police are on top of the situation and our people must go about their normal businesses”.