By Damilola Isaiah, Akure
The students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, have took to the street to protest the alleged killing of one of their colleagues simply identified as Joy by her boyfriend who is an indigene of the town.
This came a few days after two students of the institution Andrel Okah of the Department of History and International Studies and John Abba of the Department of Economics were allegedly abducted and killed by some persons, some of whom had been arrested by the police.
The protesting students alleged that the latest incident happened to one Joy of the Department of Human Kinetics of the institution. She was suspected to have been murdered on Tuesday by her boyfriend who had fled the community. The alleged killer is said to be an indigene of the town.
During the protest the angry students, who were chanting various solidarity songs, carried placards with inscriptions such as, ‘ At Akungba Akoko, say no to students killing,’ ‘ Stop killing us, AAUA students,’ ‘ The state government should intervene in the killing of AAUA students,’ among others.
Speaking with journalists, one of the protesters, who simply identified himself as Kunle, said that the deceased has been killed by her boyfriend since Tuesday and locked her inside his room, stating that it was neighbours that raised the alarm to call attention of the students when they perceived bad odour from the room.
He said “We don’t know the reason the guy killed that lady. The lady operates POS in that area but since Tuesday, she has disappeared and nobody knew her whereabouts until yesterday when the neighbours perceived bad odour that they discovered that she has been stabbed to death by her boyfriend. The boy after killing her went away with the money she used for her POS business.”
”It is high time the state government did something about the killings of our students by the indigenous people of this town. If nothing is done, this may lead to a serious crisis in this community. You remember that some weeks ago, two of our students were also kidnapped and killed. So something has to be done.”
When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade confirmed the incident and said three suspects had been arrested over the matter while efforts were ongoing to arrest the perpetrators.
