EDUCATION: TASUED STUDENTS DECRY ROBBERY ATTACKS, SEEK GOVT INTERVENTION
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The recent robbery attacks in their host villages by some unidentified criminals in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun, have angered the students of Tai Solarin University of Education.
It was discovered that students’ lives are in grave danger due to the widespread criminal activity in neighbourhoods like Ijele, Abapawa, and Imaweje, among others.
This was revealed in an open letter co-signed by General Secretary Kehinde Olalekan and President Tomide Abidakun of the Students’ Union, which was sent to Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun on Thursday.
They demanded that the state government step in, pointing out that their studies are being hampered by the worry this insecurity has produced.
It was gathered that the students get ambushed, robbed, and sustain injuries from the violent attacks, restricting most of them from moving freely in the area
“This crisis began to escalate on Wednesday, May 8, 2025, with an armed robbery reported around 10:30 PM at the Council junction, a key route leading into our campus.
“That night, students were ambushed, beaten, and robbed of their mobile phones, ATM cards, power generators, and even had their accounts emptied at gunpoint.
“Since then, we have received daily reports of robberies and harassment, especially during the ongoing e-tests,” the letter partly reads.
According to the SU representatives, they alleged inaction from the state’s security agencies, including “Ogun Police Command, So-Safe Corps, and the Amotekun Security Network”.
They claimed that they get heartbreaking responses, despite multiple reports and cries for help, as there has been no consistent security patrol or visible protection.
“We are often met with disappointing excuses such as,” No fuel for the patrol vehicle”, “Our bike is faulty”, “Mobilise us first”.
“In several painful instances, students have been extorted by security personnel, turning victims into funders of their own safety.
“It is heartbreaking to witness law enforcement agencies switch roles, leaving students to organise their own local surveillance, while those officially responsible sleep or look away,” the statement noted.
The students acknowledged the concerns of the community leaders with the provision of local vigilantes, but they highlighted that the security men are poorly equipped and inefficient to combat the kind of armed threat in the area.
In the letter, they requested that the state government immediately deploy skilled security personnel, creation of a dedicated joint task force comprising Police, So-Safe, and Amotekun to conduct daily patrols.
They also demanded a declaration of a state of emergency on security until peace is restored, and disciplinary action on erring officers who neglect their duty or extort students.
The Ogun students also threatened to stage a mass protest if the silence from both the government and security agencies continue.
Efforts to contact the spokesperson for Ogun Police Command, Omolola Oguntola, was proved abortive as she neither responded to calls nor texts as at the time of filing this report.
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