The students who had earlier disrupted examinations at the Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun state, stormed the Governor’s office this morning in protest over their exclusion from writing their examination due to non payment of school fees.
While addressing the students on behalf of the governor, the Secretary to the State Government,Taiwo Adeoluwa, a lawyer, apologised to the students for the inability of Governor Ibikunle Amosun to address them. He said the governor was holding a meeting with German investors.
The SSG was cut short as one of the students verbally rained abuses on the governor.
Attempt by the state correspondent of National Mirror, Femi Oyeweso to inquire for the proper identity of their leader who was simply identified as ‘Stainless’, also angered the students who immediately attacked him and a colleague from Nigerian Pilot newspaper, Sulaiman Fasasi who was at the venue of the protest before the intervention of security operatives.
It took the intervention of The News/PM News State correspondent, Abiodun Onafuye, with the support of some security men, to resist the attack on the newsmen and drive the students away.
The protesters moved to the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, in Oke-Ilewo, another area of the town, but were prevented from gaining access.
Infuriated with the development, the angry students made way to the nearby food canteen where they requested for free food. They were also resisted. They then made away with packs of table water.
It was further gathered that apart from some of the cars that were badly damaged by the students on Tuesday evening, a School bus and the official vehicle of the Dean Student Affairs were also torched.
Some of the students who spoke to our correspondent explained that the protest was over the inability of the school management to allow students owing school fees write the examination.
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