Airforce officers raid school, attack staff and students

fuad lawal

May 23, 2017 4:16 PM

Men of the Nigerian armed forces have a long history of attack on harmless civilians.

Dr. Abanikanda of University of Osun, after attacks from Air Force personnel.

Officers of the Nigerian Airforce on Tuesday 23rd of May, raided the campus of the University of Osun, assaulting students and staff.

The Officers, who are from the Air Force Institute of Safety in Ipetu Ijesa, Osun State, on Tuesday invaded the campus of the University.

According to Punch, the officers showed up in Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) and other vehicles. They came heavily armed, from guns to clubs.

The official reason for the raid remains unknown, but there's talk that they came to arrest students involved in Internet Fraud, or to put it simply, Yahoo-Yahoo.

At least 11 students were injured in the attack while two staff were injured by the violent personnel.

When asked to describe the situation, the Dean of Student Affairs of the University of Osun, Dr. Adebimpe Adigun, she called it "bloody".

She said:

“Six of our students are on bed in the hospital now, five are being treated on the bench now. Two members of staff were also wounded by these military men.“

They did not fire a single shot, but they beat students and injured them. They also beat staff (members) and everybody.

They threatened to shoot me if I moved close to them. I knelt down and begged them, but they did not listen. I called their commandant on the telephone to help talk to his boys. I think he did. because they have left our campus now.

But we are yet to see some of our students who ran inside the bush to escape the attack.”

Someone at the University of Osun shared this on Twitter;

All efforts to reach the Commandant of the Air Force Institute, Air Commodore Jolasinmi, have proved futile.

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