By Oseheye Okwuofu

There was a riot yesterday at Monatan in Ibadan, as students and hoodlums attacked and set ablaze a truck.

The action followed the serious injuries sustained by a student of Oyeshina High School, Monatan, Ibadan, Oseni Yusuf, after a truck, which was on the fast lane, knocked him down.

The students, thinking their colleague has died, stormed the scene of the accident and attempted to kill the driver.

But the driver, whose identity is unknown, was said to have escaped. The students, however, burnt the truck belonging to Seven-up Bottling Company.

Motorists abandoned their vehicles and fled. There was a confrontation between policemen, students and hoodlums, who capitalized on the confusion to harass people and steal.

Gunshots and canisters of teargas were fired by the police to scare away the protesters.

Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) were later drafted to the scene of the riot.

Many shop owners were forced to shut down and there was a traffic jam on Iwo Road, Monatan.

Fifteen people were reportedly injured in the fracas.

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