Breaking: Police take over venue of students protest, shoot indiscriminately
Etim Ekpimah
Police were reportedly shooting at the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway where students protest against the ineptitude of the Federal Government to accede to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities so that they (the students) can go back to school.
The protesters, who assembled at the Sagamu-Benin Interchange area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway via Sagamu, were met with stiff resistance from the police, who opened fire indiscriminately.
Sources said vehicles that were going to Ijebu-Ode or Benin City, were turning back while residents of the area were running for safety from all directions.
A passenger who was going to Benin told our correspondent that the vehicle he boarded also turned back to follow Ikorodu Road to Benin City, Edo State.
On Monday, the National Association of Nigerian Students, South-West zone, announced that the protest would begin along Lagos-Shagamu Expressway on Tuesday.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, did not answer his calls nor responded to text messages that had been sent to him for comments.
