The Chairman of the Ogun State of House Assembly Committee on Information, Culture and Tourism, Olusegun Kaka, has appealed to the students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, to remain calm as all their grievances in respect of the circumstances surrounding the alleged murder of their colleague, Oluwatosin Onadipe, a Computer Science graduate, were being addressed.
The lawmaker made the appeal on Monday at a peace parley with the OOU Student Union representatives led by the Vice President of the OOU Student Union Government, Taofeek Quadri, at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
Onadipe, a Computer Science graduate of the university, was alleged to have been attacked at Ago-Iwoye Motor Park around Chips filling station, Ago Iwoye on December 17 while preaching the gospel.
He was said to have been allegedly hit with an iron by a former chairman of the motor park who felt disturbed by the young man preaching.
The police were said to have intervened by taking the injured Onadipe away from the scene perhaps for medical care.
However, in a twist of events, which Ogun State Police Command is still working to unravel, the mangled body of Onadipe was later found around Ijesa Ijebu Road, about 20 minutes’ drive to where the police had picked him up.
Commiserating with the family and colleagues of the deceased, the lawmaker noted that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Abiodun Alamutu, had promised to ensure that the police officers alleged to have been involved in the murder alongside other culprits would be prosecuted.
Kaka, in the company with another legislator, Damilola Soneye, enjoined the students to continue to engage in peaceful dialogue to get justice for their late colleague, assuring that anyone found culpable in the heinous crime would surely face the wrath of the law.
He promised to intervene by getting across to stakeholders involved in the other issues raised, including the recent hike in school fees, transportation and other sundry issues.
Earlier in his presentation, the Vice President of the OOU SUG lamented the alleged murder of their late colleague at the Ago-Iwoye Motor Park in connivance with some policemen, calling on the relevant authorities to ensure the prosecution of those involved in the dastardly act.
Quadri also sought the attention of the lawmakers on the need to intervene in the recent hike in their school fees, requested increment in the subvention to their institution and provision of more buses to ease their movements.
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