LAUTECH Students Protest Over Killing Of A Final Student

Students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH in Ogbomoso, and some town youths are currently staging a public protest in Ogbomoso.

Information gathered that the news of the alleged killing of a Final year student, Rachael Opadele, and the hotelier, Olugbenga Owolabi stirred the protest.

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Although there hasn’t been any information about the killing from the police yet, some sources close to the student’s family said the two of them were shot dead after the kidnappers had collected a N5m ransom.

The okada rider, who took the ransom to the kidnapper’s den, was also shot but the sources said he was still alive. The Student Union President of LAUTECH, Anuoluwa Adeboye, said he had not confirmed the news from the police.

Multiple sources said the Ogbomoso Ilorin road had been taken over by the angry protesters who are protesting the alleged killing of the victims.

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The two victims were abducted on Thursday night at the hotel located in the Abaa community in Surulere Local Government Area.

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