The Obafemi Awolowo Hall of
residence at the University of Ibadan (UI) was attacked by some armed men in
the wee hours of Friday.
According to witnesses, the
attackers, numbering up to 10, stormed the hall around 1am and operated
unchallenged for almost two hours.
The hall porters were said to
have done some inspection in the rooms by 11pm and when the students heard
knocks on their doors, they thought the porters had returned and willingly
opened the doors to the attackers.
At least five students were said
to have sustained injuries in the attack while many gadgets, including phones
and laptops, were carted away.
One of the female students in the
hall when the incident occurred was still in shock when TheCable contacted her.
“Around 1:30 to 2:10am, they
invaded A and C blocks, the ground floor and the first floor and they were
banging the doors and using their legs to push the doors open. Those that were
not cooperating with them, they were beaten and they were injured,” she said.
“I was shocked and immediately
felt the urge to urinate and ran to the toilet.”
A campus journalist who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the accommodation process is
ongoing at the hall and porters were apportioning rooms to students.
He said the students concluded
that the porters brought more students when the robbers came knocking.
“Porters went to the female rooms
around 11pm finding the number of people in each room. I think they were trying
to add more people to each room. So shortly before 1am, robbers came and those
ladies thought it was actually the porters that came back again and opened the
doors freely but the attackers pointed guns at them,” he said.
“Those ones that were sluggish,
you know some of them were sleeping, some were scared, were beaten and
physically harassed and tortured. There was no report of rape. I think about
five people were physically assaulted.
“One particular lady was taken as
hostage and dragged from one block to another. When she was found, they
discovered that she had bruises all over. She was taken to the university
clinic.
“They said they tried to get in
contact with Abefele, the security unit, but the robbers had gone by the time
the security team got there. The students in Awo hall are currently
protesting.”
K.O Adebowale, deputy vice
chancellor (administration), was said to have visited the affected hostel
around 4am.
When contacted Adekeye
Abiona, dean of students affairs, for comments on the incident, he asked the
reporter to call back in five minutes but did not answer calls after.
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