Kwara-Poly students protest shooting of colleague

Commercial activities were on
Monday paralysed in Ilorin, the Kwara
capital, as students of the state-owned
polytechnic took to the streets in protest at
the shooting of their colleague.
Eye witnesses said the incident happened
around 2 p.m. when a policeman attached to
a bullion van shot at the student who was in
a cab heading to the main campus of the
institution.
The student, Ahmed Dayo, was said to have
sustained serious injuries as a result of the
gun shot.
The eye-witness said that the wounded
student, an ND 1 Accounting student, was
going to the campus to collect his identity
card.
The taxi driver had stopped to pick another
passenger when the policeman in the bullion
van ordered him to move off the road.
The eyewitness said the policeman
attempted to shoot the tyre of the taxi, but
instead shot the student inside the taxi cab.
The policemen and the driver of the bullion
van were said to have fled to a nearby
bank to seek refuge, further infuriating the
students around the scene of the incident.
NAN also gathered that the students set up a
bonfire on the busy road disrupting human
and vehicular movement.
All shops, offices and banks on the long
stretch of Murtala Mohammed road were
hurriedly shut while traders in the area fled.
The student was rushed to the nearby
Ayodele Medical Centre where he was
attended to.
The student suffered a broken bone on his
left leg while the tibia was broken, affecting
the flat surface of his right foot.
He was referred to the University of Ilorin
Teaching Hospital for full medical attention
after being given first aid treatment.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in
the state command, Mr Femi Famubode,
confirmed the incident.
He added that a detachment of policemen
had been drafted to the scene to restore
normalcy. Culled from Vanguard..