Fear has gripped Students of the University of Ibadan who live at hostels off the campus as armed robbers have struck again, killing one person.
The robbers attacked an Okada rider in the area on Saturday, shooting him to death.
This latest incident came after the robbers reportedly shot two persons at the campus at Agbowo community, Batika and Agricola streets in the early hours of Wednesday.
They carted away phones, laptops and other expensive gadgets from the students.
This latest invasion which resulted in the killing of the Okadaman has heightened the fear of the students making them to flee the community in droves.
One of the students who identified himself as Gabriel said he and his colleagues at his hostel could not sleep all through the night as they heard gunshots for hours.
Narrating how the incident happened, he said the okada rider was riding with a passenger and the hoodlums stopped him at the junction before the UI 2nd Gate and attempted to disposes him of his motorcycle.
He said, “The okada rider did not want them to take away the motorcycle and as that was going on the passenger jumped off and fled the scene.
“Sensing that the okada rider’s resistance might put them in danger, one of them brought out a gun and shot him point-blank in the head.
“He was still gasping by the time people got to the scene but the damage was too much.
“His brain was spilled on the road right there and the police came and took his corpse away.”
