cogitoErgo:
hmmm, I actually did not hear of any machete cut on Africa! but the close range shot definitly will have his blood splatered all over and his bed was definitly deeply soaked in his blood, infact those who saw his body immediatly after the shooting said his face was completly unrecognisable!

longjon: Was in FUTA at the time. Those guys left quite a legacy. I also remember that medical student SUG presido who stayed out of school for some years due to problem with authorities. What's his name again ?

scanthecar: I still remember one of the posters of the student union concerning an event to honour them that ended with "Afrika and the rest must not die in vain, their blood must water the tree of freedom". I went home on one occasion the repeated the quotation to my dad who got confused because it is the blood of "tyrants" that waters the tree of freedom and not heros - Student union and their wrong usage of english language in those days (Tony fash - "if something is not wrong with Lamikanra; Lamikanra must be wrong with something". Tony fashayo was rusticated from year 5 medical school OAU when I was in 100 level (1995) and readmitted at my convocation 6 years later. Great Ife!!!

Tolexander: On the day of their burial, i was in lagere, ife, and saw how students were packed in buses and cars cursing wale omole and the killers from OAUTHC to the campus via the sabo-lagere road.

May their souls rest in peace.

July 10 is indeed an unforgettable day in the history of OAU.

seyi360: Axes were used on every one that was killed, as it was d signature of a "" attack.

adeokunade: Who can remember Dennis Chukwusa?

sportfeva: The OAU 5 will forever remain a martyr. The ugly incident made student to be determine NEVER to indulge in any violence activities on campus. Who born you well to fight in the hall. I am an Awoite. I started in blk2, blk 6(via scuttling-pt 2&3) and finalist in blk 8 last floor sug floor. Even though if students want to fight and they are influencing, they will still never fight because they know the consequence. No illegal group meeting, what are doing with knife or dangerous weapon and don't dare scare someone with such things like gun etc even playfully, you will regret you came to Ife. Diamond was the president i met and they instill the story of Afrika into our heart, which go on and on.
May their souls rest in peace.
Forever be remembered
Long live Great Ife.

Ola Johnson:
Faculty of EDM is on the way to Tonkere, where Wole Soyinka, Gov Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Secretary of Edo State Gov't, Julius Ihonvbere; Dipo Fashina, Dele Momodu and other radicals set up Radio Kudirat to tackle Sanni Abacha.

dolphinife: i was given Angola hall in part 1, i sold it to buy a space in block 6, room 172, awo hall. I stayed in that single room from 100 level till my graduation day making me the longest serving student in a room...

i was both the de-facto and de-jure ruler of that block 6 and i remember forming a committee called the COUNCIL OF ELDERS FOR BLOCK 6 ALONE. I really enjoy my life to the extent that i dnt cook nor wash my clothes again.

For the benefit of hindsight, Awolowo hall is the only student hall where a student can sustain himself even without a penny in his pocket. I have seen so many Awoites who had no financial strength to feed themselves, yet, they live to enjoy themselves because awo hall is known for sharing things with room mates.

aladegal: E karo sir se e maa fo so

aladegal: E karo sir se e maa fo so

the_ripper3:

Think awo boys funkified it "E karo sir, se e maa na wo".

Those yeye boys wey full awo then especially blocks 1 and 2. God forbid.

J-man:
Omo!, i was a jambite when the incident occcurred. It was tragic! Africa was shot in the head (from the reports) and he was rushed to the health center first before being rushed to a hospital in town. He died on the way! The following morning was very interesting. Students (including our so called aje-butter babes) formed groups, mobilized vehicles and visited all motor parks/garages in search of the cultists. Come and see action!!! The "intelligence" unit of the Student Union has already gotten the names of the cultists and where they came from(i dont know how). One of them was caught and shishi maximum was dished out to him. Even the ladies jostled to join the "shishi team". During the search for the principal 'actor', a friend of mine was picked up cos he bore the first 2 names of the cultist.
And when they found the main guy nko News raced round the school like wild fire that they had caught him and his trial was to be conducted at Amphi theatre. The hall was filled (overfilled sef)to capacity. Then Lanre "Legacy" (student union president) walked in (that guy get too much action for body sef!!!). His first words were "GREATEST IFE!!!" The response from all was a resounding "GREAT!!!" Even our lecturers were there also shouting "Great" with us students.
I remember so many funny incidents (fetching water at the stream behind moz, trekking to gate through road 1 when school is on strike , going for angel of chemistry lectures at 5am, eating amala at old buka, walking into Moz to toast a babe with butterflies in my stomach etc).
Ife students always stand together whereever they meet in life and protect one another.
The school is filled with so many memories. OAU for life.

Gunzilla:

Mr Seyi,there was no axe used on Afrika.It was a gunshot to the head.Poor dude was sleeping and didnt even know what hit him.Any other version of the story is mere hearsay...

edo.girl:
I remember walking alone, on several occasions, from Faculty of Arts all the way to Moza at 2,3, 4am without ever thinking I was at risk. And I would encounter other lone walkers along the way. Ife was such a safe colony.

Wonder what things are like now.

seyi360: Axes were used on every one that was killed, as it was d signature of a "" attack.

Afam4eva:
I can remember this event vividly. I felt pity for the parents of those students whose lives were cut short. I think it's after that incident that OAU started losing steam.

Afam4eva:



But after that incident, a lot of applicants became wary of OAU. That event coupled with the incessant strikes that OAU experience made the school's popularity to wane. You can't compare OAU of today to OAU of yesteryears.

Afam4eva: I heard OAU has the most beautiful campus in NIgeria.

dolphinife:

BROS, lemme explain the little i knw about the incidence to you for your understanding.

Before 1999 incidence, OAU is the headquarters of cult groups. The cult groups were very oppressive and aggressive. The students studied under fear and threat to peace and safety. It got to a stage that nobody could stand up to face these cultists. Then, Iwilade came to the fore. He was a law student and immediately he got admitted, he joined the student union and was very proactive.

As a law student, the students were suppose to be in black and white dress code, but he refuse this dress code and opted for native dress which single him out from the masses. The lecturers frustrated him because of this dress code and thereafter, he sue the school management and faculty of law to court stressing that he has the right to wear anything he felt he loved. He unilaterally won this case through the instrumentality of Gani Fawehinmi. From this time onward, he was seen as a thorn in the flesh of the school management.

Immediately he became the secretary of the student union, he rallied the students against the cultists. i was tod that because his father was an herbalist, he(iwilade) was able to confront these cultists head-long. Before you know it, the cultists from other institutions felt threatened by this single boy and decided to deal with him. So a plan was deviced to strike on the day of WORLD KEGGITE DAY because they knew that iwilade was a prominent member of the group.

On the day of this keggite day, Iwilade was so drunk that he has to be taken to his room to sleep being late in the night. immediately afterwards, the cultists struck and made way to iwilade's room and killed him. On the day of his burial, he's father said had it been that his son was not drunk, nobody can ever kill him.

contrary to this story, there was no love lost between the VC and Iwilade and we were told that the VC was head-bent to take iwilade out of his way, and the plan was executed with mastery. AJE KE LANA, OMO KU LONI......TA NI KO MO PE AJE ANA LO PA OMO JEE

THAT'S MY SUBMISSION

dolphinife: I can say it with every form of modesty that OAU is the onyl university in Nigeria, apparently government owned university that is CULT-FREE. OAU is the only university in Nigeria up to this present moment that every students is a stakeholder in maintaining peace and order in the campus.

Countless times without numbers that the SECURITY COMMITTEE OF THE STUDENT UNION went to arrest cultists even outside the campus and i was a member then.

OAU is the only university in Nigeria that gives you the liberty to express yourself without anybody intimidating you or forcing you to coercion. Throughout my 4 years studies in OAU, i have never heard that a cultist killed or kidnap any students. That's the kind of fresh breeze we have up til date in OAU.