The Oyo State Police Command says it has arrested its personnel involved in the shooting of a student of the Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic in Eruwa, Oyo State.
The student, Samuel Akinsuyi, was said to be going from Eruwa to Ibadan, on Friday, when the policeman stopped him during a stop-and-search operation and assaulted him before shooting him in the leg.
Akinsuyi’s offence was not clear as the policeman was said to have fled the scene immediately after shooting the student.
On Tuesday, the command, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso confirmed the arrest of the officers in Ibadan.
According to Osifeso, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ngozi Onadeko ordered full-scale investigations into events that led to the unfortunate incident.
The South-West coordinator of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Olatunji Adegboye had in a statement on Monday said the injured student was now battling with paralysis as a result of the shooting.
He also accused the police of cover up, while lamenting what he described as incessant police brutality, especially against students along Ibadan-Eruwa road.
Reacting, spokesperson of the Oyo command, Adewale Osifeso said the officers involved had been arrested.
“The Operatives involved have all been identified, apprehended, and are currently undergoing debrief, accompanied immediately with the commencement of their orderly room trials.
“In furtherance to the above, the Commissioner of Police, therefore, appeals for calm and affirms the assurances of a thorough and diligent investigation with adequate sanctions meted out in accordance to relevant laws and statutes,” he said.
