{"id":69117,"date":"2019-09-13T22:34:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=69117"},"modified":"2019-09-13T22:34:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T21:34:00","slug":"fuoye-students-killing-abuja-group-accuses-fayemi-of-covering-up-killer-policemen-slams-ekiti-police-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/fuoye-students-killing-abuja-group-accuses-fayemi-of-covering-up-killer-policemen-slams-ekiti-police-command\/","title":{"rendered":"FUOYE students\u2019 killing: Abuja Group accuses Fayemi of covering up killer policemen, slams Ekiti Police Command"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-1136901231813902880\" class=\"mail-message \">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m7491589801467261033\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">A Civil Society Organisation; the Society for Rule of Law in Nigeria<br \/>\n(SRLN) has accused the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of<br \/>\ncovering up the policemen in his wife\u2019s entourage, who shot two<br \/>\nstudents of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Oluwaseyi<br \/>\nKehinde and Joseph\u00a0 Okonofua dead and injured many others on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement on Friday, by its Co-coordinator, Dr. Chima<br \/>\nUbeku, the SRLN said it was strange that Dr. Fayemi, who rose to<br \/>\npolitical prominence, using the ladder of human rights and<br \/>\npro-democracy activism has remained silent, carrying on as if nothing<br \/>\nhappened, four days after two students were killed by policemen in the<br \/>\nentourage of his wife.<\/p>\n<p>The SRLN, which described killing of the students and the shooting<br \/>\nspree embarked on by the policemen as barbaric, brutish and<br \/>\nanimalistic, said there was no how the governor\u2019s wife, Mrs Bisi<br \/>\nFayemi, who was on tour of local councils in Ekiti State when the<br \/>\nkillings happened, can be exonerated because the policemen went<br \/>\noverzealous while purportedly protecting her.<\/p>\n<p>The group said it was even more unspeakable that up till today,<br \/>\nstudents of FUOYE are the ones still being harassed and arrested by<br \/>\nthe police, with the National Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the<br \/>\nFederation of Ekiti State Students\u2019 Union (FESSU), Idris Salau,<br \/>\narrested and detained by the police.<\/p>\n<p>Also, instead of fishing out the policemen that killed the students<br \/>\nand went about firing shots indiscriminately at students in their<br \/>\nhostels, the government of Ekiti State has been promoting different<br \/>\nnarratives aimed at turning the students of FUOYE, who only protested<br \/>\nto culprits.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas, the students only protested against lack of electricity and<br \/>\nexorbitant billings by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company<br \/>\n(BEDC) and saw the presence of Governor Fayemi\u2019s wife in Oye Ekiti as<br \/>\nan opportunity to table their grievances before her so that the State<br \/>\ngovernment can assist them.<\/p>\n<p>It berated the Ekiti State Police Command for acting irresponsibly,<br \/>\nclaiming on Tuesday that \u201cno student was killed\u201d and going ahead to<br \/>\ndefend its men, despite video evidence showing them shooting<br \/>\nindiscriminately at harmless students even in their hostels.<\/p>\n<p>The SRLN called on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct thorough and<br \/>\nindependent investigation into the sad incident, demanding that<br \/>\nsenseless killing by security agents must stop in the country.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m6579475041585477277\" class=\"mail-message\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" 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