By Wilson Adekumola
The campus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State has been rocked by protest on Wednesday over the lynching of 500-level student.
The student protest follows the lynching of Okolie Arinze, a 500-level Civil Engineering student of the institution, late on Monday.
It was gathered that the protesting students besieged the students’ union building and shut it down.
Arinze, after being subjected to torture on allegation of stealing a mobile phone in Awo Hall of the university, was brought in dead at the Emergency Medicine Centre of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife on Tuesday.
While reacting, the University management condemned the incident.
The University Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olanrewaju in a statement made available to journalists, the school stated that the Vice Chancellor, Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire, has set up a committee to unravel the circumstances that led to this incident.
“The action of the mob, being a violation of the law of the country and of the University regulations, has been reported to the police who have commenced investigations,” the statement read.
However, a release signed by all presidents in the Faculty of Technology indicated that there would be a peaceful protest to express their grievances and hold all parties involved accountable.
