On Tuesday, there was chaos in Idi-Isin, Jericho, Aleshinloye Market, and the surrounding districts of Ibadan due to an incursion by several EFCC agents into the Federal College of Forestry.
According to Platinum Times, the college is situated in the Ibadan North West local government area’s Jericho neighborhood along the Idi-Isin area.
The EFCC agents entered the college with the goal of apprehending a student who is thought to be involved in cybercrime, a source inside the institution told Platinum Times.
The source, who pleaded not to be identified, said that as the EFCC agents were apprehending the student, they began to shoot intermittently.
The source stated that several students made the decision to oppose the EFCC’s action, and during that time, a student who will remain nameless was shot. He went on to say that this caused chaos at the college and in the nearby communities of Aleshinloye Market, Jericho, and Idi-Isin.
The source who spoke with Platinum Times on Wednesday said,
“I am telling you the fact. This is the truth of the matter, but don’t mention my name. The EFCC went there to arrest one student whom they suspected to be involved in Yahoo Yahoo. But, when they want to arrest the guy, they started shooting sporadically. A student was shot. It is not good at all.”
Another staff of the college described the invasion of the college by the EFCC operatives as shameful.
“They invade the college and they are shooting seriously. This is the shoot out that happened in FCF college. It is highly shameful seeing unprofessional acts being perpetrated by EFCC officials today. Shooting in an academic campus as if there’s war going on just like Hamas and Israel. I hope the management of FRIN/FCF will not sweep this under carpet.”
Public Relations Officer of the college, Mr. Kehinde Olawale, confirmed the development to Platinum Times on Wednesday.
He added that a student who was shot during the incident is still receiving treatment in the hospital.
“It is true that some people came to our college yesterday. They drove straight to the students area. The SUG President challenged them. They discovered that among those people who came were two people who wore red cloth and they wrote EFCC on it. And they carried guns.
“One of the people that came said they came to investigate someone who stood in as a surety for someone. But, we don’t know the person they said they came to investigate.
“But later we said that this is not proper in an academic environment that we have many students, we told them that they need to apologise to the students, before we knew it, we just saw some of them shooting sporadically.
“In the process, one of the students was shot. It has gone beyond our students, NANS has mobilised students across the country over the issue.”
Efforts made by Platinum Times get official reaction from the EFCC were not successful as of the time of filling this report on Wednesday.