FUOYE Protest: Another student dies from gunshot injury
Another student of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), identified as Joseph Icon, died on Wednesday morning. The deceased, according to the Students Union President, Awodola Oluwaseun, was one of the victims that sustained gunshot injuries at a protest on Tuesday. “Another student just died this morning. I am on my way there but I’m scared because police are on the street beating up any FUOYE student at sight,” he said. The victim was a 300-level student and a campus comedian, PREMIUM TIMES learnt. Ojo Raymond, the president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) who was present at the hospital, told PREMIUM TIMES that the deceased died at the Federal Medical Centre, Ido in Ekiti State. reported how the students protest turned violent after police officers shot sporadically at students who tried to have a conversation with the wife of the Ekiti State governor, Bisi Fayemi, on poor electricity at the institution. This newspaper also obtai...
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