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By Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested officers involved in the shooting of an undergraduate student along Eruwa-Ibadan Road.
The Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, also said that a full investigation had been launched into the incident.
An unidentified policeman had reportedly shot and injured Samuel Adesuyi, a student of Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa, Oyo State.
Akinsuyi was said to be going to Ibadan from Eruwa last Friday, when the policeman allegedly stopped him during a stop-and-search operation and assaulted him thoroughly before shooting him in the leg.
The South West Coordinator, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Olatunji Adegboye, who confirmed in the incident in a statement on Monday, said the injured student was now battling with paralysis as a result of the shooting.
While lamenting what he described as incessant police brutality, especially against students along Ibadan-Eruwa road, Adegboye accused the police of cover up.
But the CP said that the culprits have been apprehended, adding that they were undergoing a debrief which will be followed by orderly room trial.
“The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command Ngozi Onadeko Psc has ordered full scale investigations into the events that led to the unfortunate shooting incident of Samuel Akinsuyi ‘m’ along Eruwa-Ibadan Road on Friday 11/03/2022.
“The operatives involved have all been identified, apprehended and are currently undergoing debrief accompanied immediately with the commencement of their orderly room trials.
“In furtherance to the above, the Commissioner of Police therefore appeals for calm and affirms the assurances of a thorough and diligent investigation into demystifying the actions that led to incident with adequate sanctions meted out in accordance to relevant laws and statutes,” the statement read.