BY DAYO ADESULU
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has shut down its campus due to the continuous protest of students over the death of Adesina Omowumi Aisha, one of their colleagues.
OAU Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, in a statement said announced the immediate closure of the university. He urged the students to vacate their hall of residence before 12 pm on Saturday.
Olarewaju pointed out that the swearing-in of the newly elected Students’ Union officials, has been put on hold pending a review of the prevailing situation.
He said: “However, management condemns in strong terms the continuous and uncontrolled protests by the students culminating in unbridled brigandage, blocking the Ife/Ibadan and Ife/Ede highways and other adjoining roads that could be used as alternative routes, and engaging in other acts that are detrimental to their health and the safety of the generality of the people.
“Therefore, having exhausted all necessary avenues to call the students to order and allow normalcy to return to the campus and its environs, the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, have accordingly closed down the school until further notice. This is to forestall further breakdown of law and order.
“In view of this, all students are hereby directed to vacate their halls of residence and the campus latest by 12:00 noon on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Consequently, the swearing-in of the newly elected Students’ Union officials has been put on hold, pending a review of the situation. In the meantime, the University management has put in place the machinery to unravel the circumstances surrounding the immediate and remote cause(s) of the crisis.”
