I was not attacked by Mapoly students – Ogun deputy gov

By Miracle Ogunde

The Ogun State Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako- Oyedele, has dismissed reportsl that she was attacked by the students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta.

Salako-Oyedele stated this when the management of the Polytechnic led by its Rector, Arc ‘Koye Jolaoso visited her over the reported attack.

As reported by PUNCH, the Deputy governor who spoke during the visit said she was on her way to Alamala for Armed Forces Remembrance Day when the security details saw the crowd and told her driver to make a detour which the driver did without any ado.

She added that she returned to her residence to allow the crowd to pass and later went to where she was headed on behalf of the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun.

“If I had been attacked, I would not have gone to attend the programme at Alamala but I went when I was told they had gone.”

“I just want all of us to be careful of social media as it has caused many people calling me to ask after me on reading or hearing the news,” Salako-Oyedele explained

She advised the students to always dialogue and be peaceful in handling issues.

Also, the management of the Institution has also reinstated the Students Union Government dissolved on Tuesday due to the student’s face-off with the institution over the delay in mobilising the students for the national youth service, and fee hike among others.

The spokesman for the Polytechnic, Mr Yemi Ajibola disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists on Friday.

Earlier, the Rector, MAPOLY, Arc Jolaoso said the management came to apologise on behalf of the students and wanted her to forgive them as a mother.

“We came on behalf of the Governing Council, management staff, and students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta to apologise for what happened yesterday and the embarrassment it might have caused you,” he said.

Recall that the protesting students of the institution were alleged to have attacked the convoy of the deputy governor on Wednesday around OPIC, Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta while on her way to represent the governor, Dapo Abiodun at the reception marking this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day at 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta.

The students led by the Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Joint Campus Committee, Ogun State, Adeyanju Francis has however debunked this reported attack saying that it was the security operatives of the Deputy governor who shot at the students while on a peaceful protest.

The students had called on Governor Abiodun to probe this unwarranted shooting while also demanding that the deputy governor should apologise to the students for the alleged twisted media report of the incident.