Two students of the Osun State University were on Saturday shot by policemen while playing football.
According to reports, the incident occurred at the Oke Baale area of Osogbo, the Osun State capital.
One of the victims, identified as Abiola Kazeem, was said to have been hit on the stomach and was rejected at two hospitals before he was taken to LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Osogbo where he is now being treatment.
The other victim, Ibrahim , was said to have been hit by the bullet in the mouth, Punchng.com reported.
He is currently receiving treatment at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital at Jolayemi area of Osogbo.
Witnesses said the policemen came to the football pitch and started shouting Yahoo boys, Yahoo boys and thereafter opened fire on the students.
The Coordinator of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in the South West, Mr. Saheed Afolabi, confirmed the incident to our correspondent.
He said he rushed down to Oke Baale area to find out what happened and he was one of those who took the students to the hospital.
There is massive protest on major streets of Osogbo by students of the university and they are being joined by their colleagues to protest the shooting.
There are bonfires in some area by those protesting the shooting.
Some protesters, who gathered in front of Oke Baale Police Station, attempted to burn the station but policemen on duty resisted them.
The DSA said she gathered that the policemen, who were not on uniform, were brought to the playing ground in a vehicle with no number plate. She added that residents of the town are the ones protesting the shooting now because they consider the action as barbaric.
