Oyo College Students Storm EFCC Office To Protest Alleged Invasion Of Campus

Some aggrieved students of the School of Forestry in Ibadan, Oyo state have stormed the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), after a faceoff with operatives of the anti-graft agency.

Naija News gathered that the aggrieved students stormed the EFCC Ibadan office to protest an alleged invasion of their campus by operatives of the commission on Tuesday.

It was learned some operatives allegedly invaded the institution on Tuesday to hold a brief meeting with the school’s management before making some purported arrests.

Although the institution is yet to release any statement or react to the claims by the students, it was gathered that during the EFCC’s visit, some students were allegedly shot in a faceoff with the students.

However, the EFCC has reacted to the claims by saying that the attack on EFCC operatives by the students was unprovoked.

A spokesman for the agency, Dele Oyewale, in a statement, claimed that despite being provoked, its officials exercised restraints.

The EFCC spokesman also dispelled rumours that some students or staff were shot.

He revealed that the bus used to convey operatives to the college was vandalized, even, as students and staff of the college threw stones and dangerous objects at the vehicle.

“The Commission wishes to assure the public that it will continue to perform its duties in line with its mandate, and unprovoked attacks against personnel of the Commission will no longer be tolerated.

“It is noteworthy that, operatives of the Commission exercised restraint in the face of the unprovoked attack and refrained from applying any force against the belligerent attackers. No student or staff of the college was shot, as armed operatives merely fired into the air to disperse the unruly crowd.

“A rescue team that came successfully released the seven operatives held hostage by the riotous crowd,” the statement said.