Students and youths numbering hundreds today, Sunday, May 17 stormed the streets of Ila Orangun, Osun State to protest siting of a Federal College of Education in Iwo.
The aggrieved youths, who were armed with placards carrying various inscriptions marched to the residence of former governor of the state, Chief Bisi Akande and the palace of their traditional ruler, the Orangun of Ila.
The demanded that the institution be located to Ila.
They also besieged the residence of a member of House of Representatives representing Ila/Boluwaduro/Ifedayo Federal Constituency, Hon. Femi Fakaye in protest against the reported approval of President Muhammadu Buhari for the location of the school in Iwo.
The protesting youths and students defiled the physical distance measures to express their displeasure on why the Federal College of Education was not zoned to Ila Orangun.
While singing songs to drive home their points, the protesters stormed the major roads leading Orangun Palace, Bisi Akande residence, and many other places.
They carried placards with inscriptions such as “Orangun Wake Up”, “Enough Is Enough”, ” No More Bisi Akande And Orangun In Ila”, “Give Us Our Right” among others.
Some thugs allegedly attacked and damaged the car of a notable political stakeholder in the town, Hon. Abdullateef Adebisi.
Comrade Adewuyi Adewale, the National President of Ila Orangun Students Association (INSA) who led the protest said: “We, the Youths and Student Leaders protested today in Ila Orangun to inform the political stakeholders in the town and the Orangun of Ila that we are not happy with the allocation of Federal College of Education to Iwo. We want it to be in Ila Orangun. The town deserves it a lot.
” We went to the residence of Hon. Fakeye, we were told he is not around. We stormed the residence of Chief Bisi Akande, we were also he is not around.
“We were told the news of allocation of the College to Iwo is not yet ascertain. Either it is true or not, all we want is that the allocation of Federal College of Education should be in Ila Orangun.
” We will write to the Commissioner of Police and many other stakeholders on this our stand. The Federal College of Education must be allocated to Ila Orangun not Iwo land.”
