Osun State SS3 Students Attack OSBC & Orisun FM Station Staff In Oke Itase Ile Ife Over Refusal Of Government To Pay WAEC Fees Public secondary secondary schools
students yesterday allegedly attacked
workers of the Osun State
Broadcasting Corporation, Orisun FM
radio station at Ile-Ife. Their grouse
was the alleged refusal of government to offset their external examination
fees. The students, who stormed the
premises of the station in their
hundreds, pelted the Station Manager,
Adeoye Bakare, with stones. They also vandalised about nine vehicles,
among them three official vehicles and one
Toyota Camry belonging to an official of the
Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) who
was at the station for a programme. They also
pulled out the gate of the station. The students also attacked security
men at the gate and molested other
staff of the station. Armed with
dangerous weapons like machetes,
broken bottles, and clubs, the students,
most of who were in Senior Secondary School (SSS) 3, laid siege to the station
located at Oke- Itase at 9a.m. Investigation shows that the station manager
was held hostage for some minutes by the
students who compelled him to broadcast on
air that government has refused to pay WAEC
fees as promised during the electioneering. Because of Bakare’s reluctance, the
students stoned him and threatened to
beat him up before the police rescued
him. Before the arrival of the police, the students
claimed that the management of public
secondary schools in Ile-Ife asked them to pay
money in order to enable them to sit for the
WAEC-conducted examinations. They, however, vowed not to pay.
Those injured in the attack were rushed
an undisclosed hospital in the town. The station manager, Bakare, expressed
shock over the incident. He said: “I never
expected that the students would attack me.”
Also, the Director General of OSBC, Prince
Soji Fadehan, condemned the attack which he
described as wicked.

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Make dem pay.