{"id":90131,"date":"2021-12-21T08:42:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T07:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=90131"},"modified":"2021-12-21T08:42:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T07:42:09","slug":"gunshots-as-hoodlums-attack-oau-vc-management-staff-in-ile-ife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gunshots-as-hoodlums-attack-oau-vc-management-staff-in-ile-ife\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunshots as hoodlums attack OAU VC, management staff in Ile-Ife"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1719740202181538050\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Eyitayo Ogunbodede on Monday escaped being lynched by some hoodlums in Ife community who launched a violent attack on him and members of his entourage.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">One of the security men of the institution was macheted by the irate hoodlums who shot sporadically into the air to scare the university community members.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAlso, in the entourage were members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the chief security officer of the institution, the university public relations officer, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju, management of the institution amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>Trouble started when the vice-chancellor led his team to the institution\u2019s land which was said to have been taken over by some Ife community, but his intention to assess the occupation part of the land proved abortive as the visibly charged Ife youths went berserk and ordered every occupant of the vehicles in the vice-chancellor entourage to remain in their vehicles or be killed.<\/p>\n<p>The fully armed hoodlums, who blocked Old Ife-Ede Road where they waylaid the university officials on their way to the land located at Parakin area of the town, displayed their guns, magical powers, cutlasses, clubs, cudgels, broken bottles and other weapons to demonstrate their intention to harm the university community members.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Reacting to the development, the vice-chancellor of the institution, Professor Ogunbodede, condemned the development he described as inhumane.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, maintained that the institution would not cede its land to the community.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nBut he said the institution would always ensure that peace reigns between the university and members of the community.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Eyitayo Ogunbodede on Monday escaped being lynched by some hoodlums in Ife community who launched a violent attack on him and&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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