- The latest attack is coming four days after the Ogun State Police Command disclosed that it had arrested three armed robbers involved in the robbery operation and raping of students of the polytechnic
At least one person has been killed in a fresh attack on the Gateway Polytechnic, Sapaade, Ogun State by rampaging armed robbers.
Nine other students were reportedly shot during the robbery attack which is second in the space of five days.
The latest attack is coming four days after the Ogun State Police Command disclosed that it had arrested three armed robbers involved in the robbery operation and raping of students of the polytechnic.
The students of the institution and indigenes had last week taken to the street to protest the robbery and rape of female students of the polytechnic by the hoodlums.
It was gathered that students residing at the off-campus hotels located at Ode, Ipara and Isara, all adjoining communities to Sapaade, were mostly victims of the robbers’ onslaught.
Following the students’ protest last Tuesday, the management shut the institution for three days to restore normalcy.
The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, also held a meeting with the student leaders over the social unrest and rising tension around the students’ communities.
Days after, the police said it had arrested three of the armed gangs.
However, the suspected robbers returned to the beleaguered communities in the early hours of Saturday and unleashed terror on the students again. .
The attack took place in the Larufi area of Ode.
In some of the viral videos of the attack on social media, shards of broken glasses, broken doors, shattered windows and walls riddled with bullets were seen.
One of the lecturers, who spoke in confidence to newsmen, described the incident “as a calculated operation.”
Police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, has not issued a statement on the incident.
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