The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has condemned, in strong terms, the attacks on students of the institution by some hoodlums, who not only robbed them of their valuables but also inflicted injuries on them.
A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, said the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Simeon Bamire, called on all security operatives, particularly the Nigerian Police and the Directorate of State Service (DSS) to further intensify their operational patrols around the students’ areas.
Speaking on the heels of the attack by armed men on Monday, October 20, 2025, at a students’ hostel identified as Oreoluwa Hostel in Moremi Estate within Ile-Ife metropolis, Olarewaju stated that the prompt actions of the University students’ union officials, who conveyed the injured students to the University Heath and Medical Centre, were applauded by the University administration.
According to the University Spokesman: “at the Health Centre, three (3) of the students who sustained deep machete cuts to the head and both hands, were identified and promptly treated are: Ogedengbe Emmanuel Oluwafemi, a part four student of the Department of Management and Accounting (Matric. No:MAC/2021/235); Emmanuel Akinribiye, also a part four student of the Department of Management and Accounting (Matric. No: MAC/2021/110) and Olalekan David Okemiga, a final year student of the Department of Mathematics (Matric. No: MTH/2019/027) who was also beaten with a machete but miraculously did not sustain any cuts.”
While condemning the attacks which occurred between the hours of 2235 and 2330, the Vice Chancellor of the University appreciated the prompt response of the officers and men of the Nigerian Police, A Division, Ile-Ife, and Oke-Otubu Division, Modakeke
Professor Bamire then called on all lovers of education to build more hostels within the University campus so that more students can be accommodated, protected and monitored by the University management.
The Vice Chancellor wished the victims quick recovery.
