BY VICTOR AKINPELU, ILORIN
The Police Command in Kwara state has identified activities of cultists to be the cause of the crisis that erupted at the Kwara State Polytechnic area in Ilorin on Saturday.
The Police Public Relations Officer PPRO for the Police Command in the state,SP Ajayi Okasami, disclosed this in a statement he signed and made available to Journalists in Ilorin on Saturday.
He recalled;”“Cultists attacked and killed a student of Kwara State University, Malete yesterday 28/1/2022, Four of the cultists were arrested and dangerous weapons were recoverd from the suspects.
” Information available to the STS team indicated that some of the cultists were hiding at Lajolo area of Kwara Polytechnic, Ilorin, where similar attack was unleashed on one student, named Idris Aderemi, by same cultists at about 0600hrs today 29/1/22, in the same area.
“This prompted the visit to the area by the STS team. Surprisingly, the cultists who were already in ambush, attacked the police team, damaging the police Hummer bus and inflicting a gunshot injury on the head of one Police Sergeant, Adebayo Abdulahi attached to the STS team.
” In the ensuing inbroglio, students in their numbers came out to block the road and prevented free flow of traffic and burning tyres on the road”
Okasanmi confirmed that “The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, CP Tuesday Assayomo, immediately dispatched combatant teams of Policemen to the area to restore peace.
He added: “Two cultists, one Ahmed ‘m’ surname unknown and one Musibau ‘m’ A.K.A Shaban were arrested with one fabricated English pistol with 3 live ammunition, 2 live cartridges and one pistol magazine”
“The injured policeman and the suspects have been taken to the hospital for treatment”
“Calm has been totally restored in the affected area while policemen are on standby to forestall any further act of lawlessness from any quarters.
Meanwhile, the Polytechnic has rescheduled examinations slated for Saturday, due to the crisis in the area
Abdulkadir Yunus,the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the institution, disclosed this in a statement he signed and made available to the Journalists in Ilorin.
He said:“The incident that occurred at Oyun community, early this morning, has nothing to do with the Polytechnic Students or the Campus, as first semester examinations are going on right now in the Campus without any disturbance”
“However, the management of the Polytechnic has magnanimously accepted the plea of the students who could not make it to the campus before the blockage at Oyun to reschedule their examinations to another date, to be communicated to them via their heads of the department”
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
