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University, Oye-Ekiti , she had no inkling that she would be at the centre of a tragedy, which saw the shooting of live bullets at students. Two died.
When the empowerment train arrived in Oye-Ekiti, it met a protest staged by the students of the Federal University over poor power supply to the community and other adjoining communities. The protest turned violent when the students and the security detail around Mrs Fayemi engaged in ‘mortal combat’.
Mrs Fayemi was received by hundreds of excited commercial motorcyclists when she got to the town. At the venue of the event, the old women were anxious for their food bank , school girls were waiting for their sanitary pads and artisans were there to benefit.“When there were no more spaces inside the hall, I decided to sit outside. Suddenly, I saw a large number of FUOYE students with cudgel and stones. They approached the security operatives at the entrance to allow them into the hall.
In the end, two students, a 100- level student of Crop Science and Horticulture, Oluwaseyi Kehinde, and Joseph Okonofua, a 300-level student of biology education department, died. Several students sustained injuries of varying degrees. Also, over a dozen vehicles were vandalised, while that of the security operatives were burnt and two AK47 rifles seized by the rampaging students.
Fayemi added: “Half-way through our event, there was a disturbance outside. The FUOYE students had re-grouped and were trying to get into the venue. The security officers prevented this from happening. But, the National Association of Nigeria Students Publicity Secretary, Adeyemi Azeez, claimed that the crisis occurred because Fayemi’s wife refused to address the protesting students. He alleged that she ordered her security aides to be ruthless with the students – an allegation Mrs Fayemi denied.
“It is possible, as I stated earlier, that the group that came to the venue trying to gain access with sticks and stones in hand might have included local hoodlums, but there was no way of telling the difference. The National Association of Nigerian Students/Joint Campus Committee , Ekiti chapter, condemned Azeez for his attempts to blackmail Mrs Fayemi to score cheap political points.
Awodola claimed the peaceful protest turned violent after he was slapped by a security detail attached to Mrs Fayemi. “I had to run for safety as I couldn’t move well and fast. Although, where I was heading wasn’t so far, in a few minutes I was indoors as I narrowly escaped different stray bullets by armed police and CTU officers.”
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