Oshiomhole
Edo State Police Command yesterday explained how the convoy of Governor Adams Oshiomhole was attacked at Usen in Ovia South West Local Government Council while leaving a campaign rally.
It said students of the state-owned Institute of Technology and Management allegedly barricaded the road in the outskirts of the community and became unruly despite assurances from the governor that he would address them at another date.
A press statement signed by the state police spokesman, DSP Anthony Airhuoyo, said Governor Oshiomhole met the students of the institution while on his way to the campaign venue and promised to address them on his way back.
The statement reads: “After the campaign at about 6:15pm, the governor decided to address the students on a later date as it was getting late, but the students barricaded the high way at the outskirts of the town and were compelling the governor to visit their institution.
“When their demand could not be met, they became rioutous.
“In the process of despatching the riotous students, two of them were injured and are currently receiving treatment. Nobody was killed in the process.”
The statement added that the students later re-grouped and went to Usen police outpost and vandalised the place.
It said investigation into the incident had since commenced and that the area was closely being monitored by the police.
It was gathered that a car belonging to the chairman of the local government council was attacked by the students.
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State has denied involvement in the attack on the governor at Usen.
The party said it would institute an independent investigation into the incident and make it public.
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