How Armed Rapists Shut Down Olusegun Agagu Varsity, Ondo State

By Ayodele Oni

The Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, has declared compulsory two weeks semester break. Armed rapists have made the University their base, terrorising students, and raping them on campus.

The high point assault on the students happened when hoodlums invaded the students’ hostels and raped four female students.

Sensing that the security apparatus at the University has been compromised, the students of the institution  embarked on protests to call the authority’s attention to their plight.

The students lamented  incessant robberies in their hostels, threats to their lives and properties, and the rape of female students by hoodlums suspected to be coming from neighbourhood.

It was learnt that what the students described as a peaceful protest, led to the partial blockage of the Okitipupa-Igbokoda road. This caused an unprecedented traffic grid.

President, Students Union Government of the institution, Damilola Okunomo confirmed the rape of the female students.

According to him, the students were tired of the level of insecurity in the area as hoodlums rob them of their valuables like phones, laptops, gadgets and rape female students at gunpoint.

Mr Okunomo added that four female students were raped two weeks ago, alleging that the Institution’s management was not doing enough on the security of lives and properties of students.

“We are tired of this insecurity, armed hoodlums usually come to our off-campus hostels, rob students at gunpoint, and also rape our female students.

“The school Management is not to doing enough as we are the ones securing ourselves by working as vigilantes most times, the situation is terrible.

“We urge the school management to do its best in securing us and complete all the uncompleted hostel accommodations in our campus as this will also guarantee our security.”

Reacting, Dean of Students Affairs of OAUSTECH, Mr Ilemobayo Oguntimehin, explained that the School’s Management was doing its best to secure the lives and properties of the students.