Ibadan Poly SUG President, Others Arrested for Assaulting Policeman

The President, Student Union Government of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oluwadamilola Peter Edema  was arrested on Friday for allegedly assaulting policemen on duty at the Oyo State Police Command’s headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan.

Edema was arrested alongside 18 other students of the institution, including eight members of the SUG executives.

The students, according to sources had gone to the police headquarters to secure the bail two of their colleagues who were arrested by the police on Wednesday.

On getting to the police headquarter, it was gathered that the police said there was no record of the arrest of the two students vas claimed.
While confirming the Friday’s arrest of 19 students Saturday morning, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Adekunle Ajisebutu said the SUG President and his colleagues who are still in their custody were misled because there was no record of arrest of the students they claimed they came to bail.

He said the DPO in charge of Apete Police Station and that of Eleyele had informed him that there was no record of such arrest as claimed by the students.

Ajisebutu said the SUG President and 18 others were arrested for assaulting policemen on duty, breaching of public peace and invading of the police headquarters on Friday.