Save Us From Rapists, LAUTECH Students Beg Management

Female students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State have called on the school management to rescue them from the constant scourges of despoil and armed robbery unleashed on them by students of the university.

Many of the students who spoke with OSUN DEFENDER disclosed that though they are not victims, many girls have deserted the school, abandoned the academic careers to get away from the stigma of despoil,

Jimoh Ronke told our reporter that in her four to five months stay in the school, about five incidents of despoils have occurred with most of them, taking place in the hostels, closest to the school campus.

A source close to the newly commissioned Students Union Government (SUG) building disclosed to OSUN DEFENDER that most of the atrocities were committed by male students of the school, adding that they specifically target students who are new on campus.

He stated that most times, intention of the criminally minded students was to rob their victims of their money, but when they discovered that the girls are helpless, they forcefully despoiled them.

The source disclosed further that hostels like ‘Emirald’, ‘Adenike’ and ‘Area G’ are some of the buildings that are usually attacked by the criminal students, due to their distance from town and are mostly dominated by girls.

He revealed that the act is not perpetrated by indigenes of the town, adding that hostels that are close to areas where indigenes reside are very secured from such attacks.

According to the source, student that are returning from night classes always fall victims of being despoiled or robbed of their handsets and other valuables. He added that a particular male student was robbed of his handset during the day with the school security men on guard.

“The school management does not bother itself with the welfare of the students despite the huge amounts of money they collect from the students. They count whatever happen to students, especially outside the school campus as none of their businesses.

“There is a particular girl (name withheld) from Osogbo that had to abandon her academics because she was despoiled as could not stand the humiliation. What would be the gain of her parents, and if the university management choses to be unconcerned, how many students would have to leave the school,” he queried.

Last week, OSUN DEFENDER stumbled on a girl that ran into an hostel unclothed, pleading that she should given cloth to cover her body. She told her host that about three boys blocked her way and forcefully removed her cloth, adding that she hit the one trying to despoil her on the lower part of his abdomen while the other two were on guard to stop passers-by from any rescue mission.

The lucky girl later left for her parents home in Ibadan, and whether she would return to the school or not is not clear as at the time of filing this report.

Efforts to get to the SUG president popularly called ‘legacy’ proved abortive as students at the SUG building disclosed that he might be at the Sabo area of the town, drinking.

Aramide Isa a 400 level student of computer science disclosed that the SUG is also guilty of the crime, adding that it is difficult for the students executive to tackle the social malaise.

He noted that only the school management is capable of taking care of the students welfare, in and out of campus, but regretted that the management does not bother about the whole problem at all.

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There are rapists all over Nigeria; the earlier we condemn them no matter where they strike, the better we can address the issue. Any tribally-motivated sanctimoniousness will not wash

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