Slain FUOYE students buried amidst outrage, colleagues want justice

The slain students of the Federal University of Oye Ekiti, Oluwaseyi Kehinde, was buried in Ido Osi, Ekiti State amidst outrage.


He was buried amidst walling, mourning, shock as his colleagues, friends and family members expressed disbelief.


Many are still enthralled in total shock following the killing of the 100-level student of Crop Science and Horticulture.


A relative of the deceased in a footage that went viral on the social media was seen standing beside the coffin as he sang a dirge.

The Secretary General of the FUOYE Students Union Government, Mohammed Iliyas, said Kehinde’s burial was witnessed by his parents.


“We even requested that the corpse be kept for a while so that we could give him a befitting burial, but the parents insisted; that the funeral must be immediate,” he added.


Oluwaseyi was one of the two students allegedly shot dead by policemen attached to the Ekiti State Police Command during a protest againstpower outage on the campus of the institution.


The protest had ended around 2pm without any incident until the students allegedly had a confrontation with the cops attached to the convoy of the wife of the state governor, Bisi Fayemi.


Kehinde and Joseph Okonofua were allegedly gunned down by the policemen, while two others, who were injured, were admitted to hospital.