How Air Force officers “machete, beat UNIOSUN students over Yahoo boys”
After attacking students of the Osun State University at the school’s campus on Tuesday, the officers of the Nigerian Air Force Institute of Safety, Ipetu Ikea, allegedly launched another round of assault on the students at their hostels.
A 400level student of the school, identified as Francis Olajide Olanubi, reportedly sustained machete cuts from the officers and was taken to the hospital.
The Air Force men had allegedly invaded the campus to beat students and workers, claiming to be on a search for “yahoo boys.”
A source said, “There are Yahoo boys in our school and they usually settle men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad whenever they come.
“At times, the boys would call the policemen that they should come for the ‘settlement’.
“The SARS came, as usual, yesterday but one of the Yahoo boys ran away to the Air Force Institute to stay with his friends. He was accused of not contributing to the money to settle the police before he ran away.
“His friends went to see him there and demanded that he should contribute his quotas but his Air Force friends said these boys should leave the guy.
“The guys also asked the Air Force men to stay out of the matter. The insult was said to have infuriated the Air Force men, who descended on the boys. One of the boys was seriously beaten and detained.
“They beat him and detained him there. Some students, who heard of this, mobilised and wanted to go there to free him but the lecturers prevented the students.
“The Air Force men probably thought the students were going to attack them when this was going on and they came and invaded the campus and beat up everybody.
