Three
students of the Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) Ondo in Ondo State on Monday
night survived a ghastly road accident, sparking off a riot by other students,
Sahara Reporters has learnt.
The students
were returning to their off-campus hostel after a lecture on the campus when
the accident occurred.
Riot at
Adeyemi College in Ondo State
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Witnesses
told SaharaReporters that the accident occurred at the popular Catholic Church
junction on Ore road.
One of the
witnesses, who pleaded anonymity, revealed that the ghastly accident was caused
by a reckless driver who was later identified as a clergyman.
He said the
reckless driver crashed into the victims (students) off the road after losing
control at the wheels of his car while trying to avoid a commercial motorcycle.
The witness further stated that there was no fatality as of the time of the
incident but that the victims received serious injuries.
"Many
students who were angered by the incident protested against the attitude of the
driver and made bonfire on the road on Monday night.
"When day
broke, we blocked the adjourning routes to the main road when rumors filtered
into the campus that the injured students [had] died.
He said the
protesting students were angry that the reckless driver, rather than wait to
attend to the dying students, chose to run away, and that the commercial
motorcyclists plying the campus road refused to help them.
"It was
later we heard that the driver ran to a police station nearby for cover as
students chased after him," he said.
The car
crash sparked off a riot at Adeyemi College
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A police
source at the Yaba Divisional Police Station in Ondo town confirmed the
incident to SaharaReporters in a telephone chat on Tuesday.
The
policeman who preferred to be anonymous said the driver of the vehicle drove
down to report the incident at the station and was immediately detained.
"The
driver came to the station and reported that some students of Adeyemi College
were after his life due to a motor accident on the road to their campus,” he
said, adding that the students then arrived, protesting.
"But,
when their attitude was becoming unruly we quickly took immediate action by
shooting into the air to scare them away from the station," he said.
He added
that the school management through the Dean of Students Affairs has taken over
the case
Sahara
Reporters’ effort to get the reaction of the President of the Students Union
Government of the school proved abortive as he did not answer his phone.
Our
correspondent learned that the injured students are being treated at the Gani
Fawenhimi Diagnosis Centre, also known as Trauma Centre, in Ondo town.
"We now
calling on the students to donate blood to the victims (students) who are
currently lying on the sick bed at the Trauma Centre in Ondo."
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