Peter Dada, Akure
Some men of the Ondo State Police
Command attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, on Monday, allegedly
invaded a hostel of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo
State, and beat some of the students of the institution met in the
hostel.
It was gathered that the incident
happened at about 4 a.m when they were ending a party they organised,
with many of them suffering injuries of various degrees following the
alleged brutalisation by the Police.
One of the students, who spoke on
condition of anonymity, told our correspondent that the policemen
invaded the hostel in a commando-like manner without any respect for the
privacy of the students.
He said the policemen told them that they were searching for cult members in the hostel.
“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. When they arrived, the
students initially did not open the door for them, thinking they were
armed robbers. That was how they started breaking the doors to enter.
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“When they entered, they started beating
everybody. Many students were mercilessly beaten. But some students who
gave them bribe were released while those who couldn’t bribe them were
whisked away by the officers,” he said.
When contacted, the Police Public
Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Femi Joseph, who confirmed the
incident, said the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Gbenga Adeyanju, had
ordered the investigation of the matter.
Joseph stated, “Three students that were
arrested had been released and the CP has ordered full investigation.
After the investigation, if the policemen are found culpable, they will
definitely pay for it, we don’t allow indiscipline in this command. I
also want to use this medium to call on any student who was brutalised
to come to my office with evidence and I promise we won’t spare any
officer found culpable.”
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