College shut down after EFCC operatives clashed with staff, students

The Federal College of Forestry in Ibadan has been closed down by the institution’s administration till further notice.

The university was closed due to a dispute between the institution’s staff and students and several operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Recall that EFCC operatives raided the college on Tuesday, causing unrest.

In a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday, Dele Oyewale, EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, stated that seven operatives of the commission’s Ibadan Zonal Command on a routine verification exercise of a surety, Azeez Kazeem Oluwakemi, were attacked and held hostage by college staff and students.

Oyewale maintained that the operatives were in the college to authenticate the address and identity of Oluwakemi, who stood as a surety for Alakinde Khalid Kolawole, a suspected internet fraudster in the custody of the commission.

The EFCC spokesman, in the statement, added that students and staff of the college went into a frenzied attack against operatives of the commission who were on an authorised assignment.

EFCC noted that the college community was duly informed about the mission of the EFCC team.

The Public Relations Officer of the college, Mr Kehinde Olawale, said that the college had been closed as a result of the incident.

Olawale made these declarations during a telephone conversation with newsmen on Wednesday.

He said: “The school has been closed to douse tension. We have gone to Eleyele Police Station to complain. We have sent a circular to the students.

“What we have decided to do now is close down the school. We don’t want to see any student for now; this was done to douse the tension.”