Ogun students protest over colleague killed by hit-and-run driver

Students in Ogun State, represented by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS), staged a protest yesterday following the tragic death of Gateway Polytechnic student Idowu David.

The ND 1 student of Public Administration at Gateway Polytechnic’s Ayepe Annex was allegedly killed by a hit-and-run driver near the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) camp along Ayepe-Sagamu Road last week.

The protesting students accused a staff of NYSC of driving the car that killed Idowu.

During the protest, which took place at Ogun State Police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the students demanded an investigation into Idowu’s death.

The students were armed with placards with various inscriptions, such as: “Every live matters,” “We cannot be silenced on justice,” “Ogun Students Demands Arrest and Prosecution of NYSC State Coordinator, Diana Nasamu for Obstruction of Justice,” among others.

State Chairman of NANS, Francis Adeyanju, said: “We are here to register our displeasure over the demise of one of our students. We want to believe that justice will prevail.

“We have done our investigation and we have seen the truth, but it seems these people are trying to hide something from us. The state Coordinator of NYSC is trying to hide something from us, she is hiding the driver of the suspected car that killed the student.

“Eyewitness claimed that the driver of the suspected vehicle that killed the student drove into the NYSC camp immediately but the state coordinator has continued to deny this obvious truth.”
Also speaking, National President of NAOSS, Kehinde Thomas accused the state Coordinator of NYSC, Olayinka Nasamu of cover-up.

Addressing the protesters, the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, Manger Fergus said the police had already commenced investigation into the death of the student.
He assured the students of justice and urged them to remain peaceful in expressing their grievances.