The house of the Baale of Imaweje Community in Ogun State has been set ablaze by angry students of the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), following the death of their colleague.
The aggrieved students, on Sunday morning, were said to have suspected that one of their colleagues at the Department of Social Studies was killed members of the Imaweje community, a neighbouring community accommodating a sizeable number of TASUED students.
According to the students, the community guards had been very unfriendly to them for a long time, raising suspicion that they were involved in the death of their colleague.
A source in the community said, “About three other houses were also set ablaze.”
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Wole Banjo, has confirmed the clash between his students and the indigenes of Imaweje, linking it to cult-related activities.
Banjo disclosed that he had directed that all students return home to their parents until further notice to restore peace in the affected community.
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While saying normalcy is being restored, he added that the university and security agencies are on top of the situation.
In another news, two persons were killed in Keffi metropolis, the headquarters of Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State by an explosion suspected to be a bomb.
The incident was said to have happened in the early hours of Sunday, opposite General Hospital, along Nasarawa Road, Keffi.
A source stated that as early as 6am on Sunday, residents of Keffi town trooped out in their numbers to the scene of the two-bedroom residential apartment that was affected by the explosion.
According to the source, “the incident killed two male occupants of the rented apartment in the area.”
He explained that the victims returned to Keffi from their journey on Saturday afternoon.
He alleged that they (victims) were on the wanted list of the Department of State Security (DSS) before nemesis caught up with them, stressing that the victims understood that the DSS operatives had surrounded their house and had no option rather than to blow off themselves with an explosive.