The police in Ogun State on Wednesday denied being responsible for the shooting of Bakare Samuel Oriyomi, a student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB).
POLITICS NIGERIA learnt that Oriyomi, a 200 Level Animal Production and Health student of FUNAAB, was shot severally by some gunmen on Monday 26th, September 2022 around 10 pm.
A press release by Kehinde Damilola Simeon, the Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS JCC/Ogun axis) had accused police operatives from Harmony Station, Alabata, of being the shooters. But the police has denied.
In a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the police refuted allegations of a cover-up by its men.
“On the 27th Sept. 2022 at about 12:50 midnight, a distress call was received that a young man was shot by riders on a fast-moving motorcycle at Isolu-Cele Area.
“A patrol team was promptly dispersed to the scene where a young man later identified as Bakare Samuel, 25 years, 200 Level Student of Animal Production and Health Department, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta was found on the ground with gunshot wounds.
“The Police Patrol Team evacuated him to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta where he received immediate medical attention, and still recuperating from the gunshot injuries.
“The prompt response by the Police team saved the undergraduate student from untimely death.
“Findings from the hospital indicated that pellets associated with fabricated guns (locally made guns) were extracted from the body of the victim in the course of treatment.
“Those could not have come from Police Assault rifles or pistols,” the police said.
