AAUA students alleged Ondo police of illegal invasion

STUDENTS of the Ondo State owned University, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, on Monday alleged men of the state Police command, attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), or invading their hostels, beating and injuring some of the students.

The students alleged that the security operatives invaded the hostel around 4 am when some of the students were leaving the hostel after a party organised by one of the students.

According to one of the students, he disclosed that the policemen brutalised and injured some of the students while some of they were whisked away.

He explained that the policeman invaded the hostel in a commando-like manner on the pretence of searching for some cult members in the hostel.

He said, “The incident happened around 4 a.m after the students finished their hostel party. The operatives stormed the hostel as if they were going to war. They broke the doors, burglaries and ceilings to gain entrance.

“The students initially did not open the door for them, thinking the policemen were armed robbers but the policemen started breaking the doors to enter into the rooms of the hostel.

“When they entered, they started beaten everybody. Many students were beaten mercilessly, but some students who gave them bribe were released while those who couldn’t bribe were whisked away by the officers.”

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state command, Mr Femi Joseph, who confirmed the incident said the Commissioner of Police, Mr Gbenga Adeyanju had ordered for the investigation into the matter.

Joseph said, “Three students that were arrested had been released and the CP has ordered for a full investigation and after the investigation, if the policemen were found culpable, they would definitely pay for it, we don’t allow indiscipline in this command.

“I also want to use this medium to call on any of the students who were brutalised to come to my office with evidence and I promised we won’t spare any officer found culpable.”