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By Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, has commenced investigation into the cause of shootings that took place at its main campus on Monday afternoon.
The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Alhaji Soladoye Adewole, disclosed this in a statement.
Although no casualties were recorded in the incident, eyewitness accounts confirmed that the shooting was between two rival cult groups on campus.
“The management is looking into it and the security office is also working on it to unravel what had happened.
“Calmness has returned to the campus. Whatever happened was for about five minutes but you know where there is always a large crowd of people, the tendency is that people will be jittery and make noise, but the commotion doesn’t last for more than five minutes.
“But everything is under control,” Adewole said.
According to News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), two shootings took place around the Central Administrative Building of the institution, which lasted for about 10 to 15 minutes.
The medium reported that people scrambled for safety while the shootings lasted, disrupting academic activities temporarily. However, normalcy had since been restored at the institution.
The institution resumed for the second semester of the 2021/2022 academic session three weeks ago.