Polytechnic students and police clashed in Ede, Osun state.
It was gathered that the policemen raided a hideout suspected to be housing criminals and attempt to make video recording by one of the students in the area infuriated the policemen.
Sources said the attempt by policemen to arrest the suspect making video recording was repelled thus led to fisticuffs.
It was gathered that the suspect simply identified as Hassan, ran into the campus premises and the policemen chased him.
A student simply identified as Temitope told our correspondent that Hassan was arrested and the arrest drew the attention of leadership of the Student Union Government who blamed the school security for allowing police to enter the campus.
He said, “students moved against the police and they started shooting sporadically to the air.
“Residents joined the students in protesting the arrest. They were shouting at them and attempted to attack the police at Timi’s market. There were intense gunshots at the market which forces traders to run for safety. The police took the student to A Division Police Station, Pere area before he was later released”.
The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr Sola Lawal confirmed the incident.
He said, “OTM student, Hassan was reportted to be making video recording of policemen during an operation and he was arrested but later released on the instruction of Commissioner of Police, adding that the boy is back in the classroom.
Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola, said “our men went to arrest some suspects but students turned it around to be police versus students. The matter had been settled.”
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