LAUTECH students take to the streets to protest against robbery and rape. Photos: Jesusegun Alagbe and LAUTECH SUG In the night of August 13, 2015 – around 12 midnight – Bimbola (not real name) and her roommate returned from a night reading class in preparation for their forthcoming exam in November, locked their room and were about to sleep when they heard their hostel mates jamming their doors, screaming and walking up the hostel stairs. Before they knew what was happening, some men were at their door and expectedly, they forced the door open. "Come out now or we will kill you!" With fear and trembling, Bimbola and her roommate did their bidding. Three hefty fearful-looking men, clad in black polos and jeans, armed with guns, machetes and axes had stormed their hostel – located in the Under G Area of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State – and demanded that all the students, both male and female, should gather in one ...
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