Some operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been accused of invading the Federal College of Forestry in Ibadan and shot sporadically.
According to a source who spoke anonymously, the operatives stormed the institution, located at Jericho along the Idi-Isin area in Ibadan North West local government area with the intention to arrest a student who is suspected to be involved in cyber crime.
While the operatives were reportedly shooting sporadically, the source noted that some students decided to resist the move by the EFCC and in the process, a student whose name has not been revealed was shot.
The incident degenerated into chaos, the source added.
According to the source on Wednesday said, “I am telling you the fact. This is the truth of the matter, but don’t mention my name. The EFCC went there to arrest one student whom they suspected to be involved in Yahoo Yahoo. But, when they want to arrest the guy, they started shooting sporadically. A student was shot. It is not good at all.”
Another staff of the college described the invasion of the college by the EFCC operatives as shameful.
He said, “They invade the college and they are shooting seriously. This is the shoot out that happened in FCF college. It is highly shameful seeing unprofessional acts being perpetrated by EFCC officials today. Shooting in an academic campus as if there’s war going on just like Hamas and Israel. I hope the management of FRIN/FCF will not sweep this under carpet.”
Confirming the incident on Wednesday, the Public Relations Officer of the college, Mr. Kehinde Olawale, said the victim of the sporadic shooting is presently receiving treatment in the hospital.
“It is true that some people came to our college yesterday. They drove straight to the students’ area. The SUG President challenged them. They discovered that among those people who came were two people who wore red cloth and they wrote EFCC on it. And they carried guns.
“One of the people that came said they came to investigate someone who stood in as a surety for someone. But we don’t know the person they said they came to investigate.
“But later we said that this is not proper in an academic environment that we have many students, we told them that they need to apologise to the students, before we knew it, we just saw some of them shooting sporadically.
“In the process, one of the students was shot. It has gone beyond our students; NANS has mobilised students across the country over the issue.”