Ondo University Condemns Soldiers’ Gang-Rape Of Student

The management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, Ondo State has condemned the alleged sexual assault on one of its students by soldiers stationed at a checkpoint between Akungba-Akoko and Ikare-Akoko area of the state.
A statement issued yesterday by the acting Registrar of the institution, Mr Opeoluwa Akinfemiwa, stated that after necessary investigation have been concluded by the university into the matter, the university described the development as absurd, particularly coming from those who should uphold the law.
Recall that last Wednesday, a 300-level AAUA student of the institution was allegedly gang-raped by some soldiers stationed at a checkpoint in Ikare-Akoko, the headquarters of the Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Our correspondent had reported how the victim from the Department of Religious and African Studies of the university was allegedly ordered by one of the soldiers, identified as a Lance Corporal Sunday, to get down from a commercial mini-bus she was travelling in from campus to Ikare-Akoko.
Meanwhile, the soldiers were confirmed to have been arrested last Friday by the Brigade Commander of the 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigeria Army, Akure, Ondo State, Brig. Gen. Abubakar Zakari.
While commending the Brigade Commander of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Brig. Gen. Zakari for his prompt action over the issue, the institution called for decisive action against the randy soldiers.
The institution, however, called for the immediate dismantling of the checkpoint where the crime was committed, stressing that it no longer serves its purpose of securing lives and property.