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.
NAN gathered that 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.
NAN gathered that 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.