Ogun: How Student Drowns While Running From Amotekun Corps During Protest
A grave incident has happened in Ogun, as one student reportedly died and property was destroyed following a violent eruption at the Ilugun High School, Elega of Abeokuta, the state capital.
The violent incident was a result of the alleged illegal fee being collected by the teachers, and the trouble reportedly started on Friday, September 28.
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Daily Trust reported that the school management had invited the operatives of the Amotekun Corps in a move to disperse the protesting students against the fee they considered illegal.
Witnesses accounted that the emergence of the Amotekun corps made the students run in different directions so that the local security operatives would not apprehend them.
During the process, some of the students were said to have jumped into the river near the school, in which one of them drowned and died.
A witness disclosed that three students were said to have jumped into the river. Two of them were rescued, and the one identified as Babalola drowned. Later, his remains were recovered and buried at the riverbank on Saturday, September 27.
Babalola's death led to anger among the students who returned to the school on Monday, September 28 and went on a rampage. They were alleged to have attacked the teachers and vandalised school property.
Source: Legit.ng
