Five students from the university were murdered by cultists in 1999, according to an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University who goes by the Twitter handle @Plumbline.
He shared his experience On the anniversary of the murder that shocked the university community and resulted in the rejection of cultism
He said that he had just arrived from Lagos when he saw the despicable event.
Geologist Plumbline wrote on Twitter, "July 9, 1999, I had just arrived from Lagos after traveling home to treat malaria. I was in Faj Hall, Block 3, Room 138.
“Early hours of July 10, Faro Idris, the then PRO of the then proscribed SUG frantically ran to the Faj PA System to warn students that we were under attack #OAU5
“Students were unfortunately still upset with the Union then because we had been sent home for over eight months.
“Faro’s move was heroic, considering he had a target on his back at that very moment. Midway into his announcement, a shot rang out. #OAU5.
“We turned off our lights. That would be the saving grace for Tolex D, the Director of Socials, who had run into the bathroom.
“Unfortunately, that’s what marked the end of Eviano Ekelemun, a Final Year Medical student, who was stepping out of same, he got shot in the thigh #OAU5.”
Plumbline reflected that the killings led many students to reject cultism
The horrific nature of the events, he claimed, "caused many to renounce cultism, rather than cause fear and bring cultism back to OAU."
According to Plumbline, who is also a poet, the casualties include, Eviano Ekelemun, Yemi Ajiteru, Iwilade George aka AFRIKA, Babatunde Oke Sabo and Efe Godspower Ekede.
OAU Five is the name given to the five students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, who were killed during a series of shootings and murders which took place on the school campus on Saturday, July 10, 1999.
It resulted in the death of five students and left many more students of the school injured.
He shared his experience On the anniversary of the murder that shocked the university community and resulted in the rejection of cultism
He said that he had just arrived from Lagos when he saw the despicable event.
Geologist Plumbline wrote on Twitter, "July 9, 1999, I had just arrived from Lagos after traveling home to treat malaria. I was in Faj Hall, Block 3, Room 138.
“Early hours of July 10, Faro Idris, the then PRO of the then proscribed SUG frantically ran to the Faj PA System to warn students that we were under attack #OAU5
“Students were unfortunately still upset with the Union then because we had been sent home for over eight months.
“Faro’s move was heroic, considering he had a target on his back at that very moment. Midway into his announcement, a shot rang out. #OAU5.
“We turned off our lights. That would be the saving grace for Tolex D, the Director of Socials, who had run into the bathroom.
“Unfortunately, that’s what marked the end of Eviano Ekelemun, a Final Year Medical student, who was stepping out of same, he got shot in the thigh #OAU5.”
Plumbline reflected that the killings led many students to reject cultism
The horrific nature of the events, he claimed, "caused many to renounce cultism, rather than cause fear and bring cultism back to OAU."
According to Plumbline, who is also a poet, the casualties include, Eviano Ekelemun, Yemi Ajiteru, Iwilade George aka AFRIKA, Babatunde Oke Sabo and Efe Godspower Ekede.
OAU Five is the name given to the five students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, who were killed during a series of shootings and murders which took place on the school campus on Saturday, July 10, 1999.
It resulted in the death of five students and left many more students of the school injured.
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