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Ogun State Government Orders Attack On Protesting Students Security-Men and Students

 Pandemonium broke out in the course of the protest being conducted by students across all the tertiary institutions in Ogun State due to what they described as the state government epidemic educational policies.

Breaking News: Ogun State Government Orders Attack On Protesting Students


 The students in their thousands besieged the state capital yesterday armed with placards demanding for the immediate implementation of the announced deduction in their school fees and a signed undertaken by the government to begin proper funding of the educational sector.

The protest led by the Student Union leaders of various institutions was generally peaceful until some students believed to be members of cult groups in Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and sponsored by the state government attacked other students resulting into a free for all.

On day two of the protest, the students haven slept in Abeokuta were attacked by men of the Nigeria Police on their way to the Governor's office. The students were tear gassed, while two of them received gun shot wounds and ten arrested.
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