“Hospitalised FUNAAB student injured by own colleagues” – police

One of the police officers deployed to “protect” protesting students in Ogun State, on Thursday, allegedly ended up shooting one of them.

“I saw the police shoot him in the head,” a source told NewsroomNG.

Taiwo was reportedly shot in the head...by a police officer. — *Taiwo was reportedly shot in the head…by a police officer.*

The students, from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), were “peacefully” protesting the killing of a colleague by armed bandits.

When the police showed up, they allegedly shot Abisoye Taiwo, 25, in the head. But the police denies this saying Taiwo was hit by a stone thrown by one of the students. Another police source said the young man was hit by a police teargas canister.

Students say Taiwo was shot…in the head. It was initially believed the year one Forestry and Wildlife Management student died on the spot. He didn’t.

Protesting students reportedly set this cab ablaze. The fire service had to step in. — *The fire service stepped in after protesting students reportedly set this cab ablaze.*

He was rushed to the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Idi-aba, and later transferred to University College Hopsital (UCH), Ibadan.

“Abisoye has undergone neurological surgery at UCH,” student union General Secretary, Oyekunle Habeeb, told our correspondent.

A UCH source said the young man is still in hospital. He declined commenting on how well, or badly, he’s responding to treatment.

Student leaders are calling on the police to identify and sanction the officer who shot Taiwo.

*Police say Abisoye Taiwo was hit in the head by a stone thrown by one of his protesting colleagues.*

State police spokesperson Abimbola Oyeyemi said officers, contrary students’accounts, never fired live bullets.

“We never shot at any student,” Oyeyemi said.

“We only fired tear gas canisters to disperse the hoodlums who had hijacked the peaceful protest. We have arrested 34 suspects, many of them were artisans.

“Nobody was killed. Some were injured. One student and two policemen were injured. The student was hit on his head by a stone thrown by his colleagues. The same students injured the two policemen.”

A source say the school wants to drag those arrested to court.

*Students say the protest was peaceful till the police showed up. This bus was reportedly set ablaze after Abisoye was shot.*

FUNAAB also suspended academic activities for seven days effective from Thursday. A statement school spokesperson Emi Alawode reads:

“This is to enable the university to put additional welfare and security arrangements in place in order to further support the initiatives of the federal and state governments towards the protection of lives and property of citizens, particularly, the members of staff and students of the university.”.