A part four Psychology student of the Ondo
State owned Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko,
Olumuyiwa Ewarawon, has
been allegedly murdered by a suspected para-military organization operating in
the University.
The deceased
according to reports, was the only son of his aged mother.
The family in
a petition to the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Mike Ogbodu, filed by the
counsel to the deceased’s father, Chief Goodluck Ibitoye Ewarawon, alleged that
Olumuyiwa was attacked in his room at Shanghai Hostel in Akungba, a private
hostel outside the school campus, by the armed gang of seven boys under the
guise of being student cadet officers.
The counsel to
the family, Olufemi Meduoye, said:
“The armed
assailants broke into Olumuyiwa’s room while he was asleep and attacked him,
thereafter, brutalized, bruised and inflicted on him fatal injuries from which
he fell into coma.
The gang
dumped Olumuyiwa’s body at the General Hospital, Iwarooka Akoko before good
samaritans brought the incident to the attention of the family three days
later.”
They said they
took the comatose body of Olumuyiwa from the hospital to Trauma Centre Ondo
which instantly referred the case to Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching
Hospital, Ile-Ife.
The family
said the boy never came out of coma and died later in the hospital.
While the
University authorities responded by condemning all para-military organizations
in the institution, it was reported late yesterday that two of the suspects had
been arrested.
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Maker, Femi Joseph, who confirmed the incident said that the suspect is on the
run and that detectives are on his trail. He, however, assured that the suspect
would soon be apprehended and made to face the law court.
However, the
family of the deceased is insisting that the culprits who allegedly killed
their son should be made to face the wrath of the law.
They urged the
Commissioner of Police to use his good office to ensure a full investigation of
the murder of Olumuyiwa by the suspected Cadet Officers.
Also, they
asked the authorities of the institution to look at the activities of some
armed gang who operated under the guise of para-military to attack members of
the public.
The family
also asked the security forces and the state government to be alert to the
activities of such organizations with a view to protecting the lives of
innocent citizens.
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