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| File: Students protest |
Armed hoodlums, on Wednesday, invaded the hostel of students of the Osun State University main
campus in Osogbo and allegedly raped some female students while some male
students were injured.
The hoodlums, according to sources, stormed the hostel
located at Oke Bale area outside the university campus in the evening and stole
some property belonging to the students.
It was gathered that the hoodlums, who were armed with
machetes and other dangerous weapons, carried out the operation simultaneously
at three different hostels in the area.
The source also said the hoodlums raped female students in
all the hostels, while male students who failed to co‑operate with them were stabbed.
The affected hostels are Aso Villa, Diamond Hostel and
Marvelous Hostel. Items such as laptops, phones, jewelleries and others were
carted away by the hoodlums.
The injured students were said to have been taken to an
undisclosed hospitals where they are currently receiving treatment.
Meanwhile, some students of the university have protested
against the development, claiming that the incident has become rampant in the
university in recent time.
The angry students, during the protest, chanted songs and
prevented lecturers and students from gaining entrance into the campus.
They urged the management of the university to find a
lasting solution to the recurrent rape and robbery cases in the area, saying
their lives were not secured.
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