by S’ola Filani

Students of the Federal College of Agriculture, Adabeji, Apata, Ibadan, clashed with police officers in front of their school on Saturday.

The clash led to a huge logjam on both ends of the Ibadan/Abeokuta motorway and commotion in the school premises.

Trouble began when some students of the institution mounted a road block around their Bora Hostel, begging for money from motorists in preparation for Bora Week celebration, however,  the police approached the group on the road to put a stop to the act, which led to the arrest of one of them.

“I am a member of the school’s Man O War and we were having our morning training when some students ran into the school from Bora hostel. They said the police arrested Boluwatife, alias Active. He is aspiring for a students’ union position in the school. They said some students ran away when they saw the police but Bolu did not run away, leading to his arrest and detention,” one of the students told Punch.

The student added that around 9:30am, several students were mobilised. They all went to the Apata police station to secure the release of Boluwatife but they were told to come back at 10am.

“We told them that it was almost 10am and that we preferred to wait but they forcefully sent us out of the station. This led to the students’ fury. They mounted a road block on the major road while seven canisters of tear gas were fired by the police. Bolu was later released,” he added.