Breaking news: Tension at Fed. College of Agric after FMARD visits

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·       Police attacks, two in hospital

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development (FMARD) fact finding officials sent to the College of Agriculture located at the Moorplantation, Ibadan may have resulted to heating up the peaceful atmosphere as students are presently protesting with two or more casualties recorded as a result of sporadic shooting by the police.

 

Food Farm News sources have hinted that the officials of the FMARD led by the Director, Human Resources had last week Monday visited the college for the purpose of fact finding, and probably to proffer amiable way of solving the crisis between the college management headed by the provost, Dr. Adelekan and the members of staff.

Although our sources said that the officials have promised to get back to the college with a report in the next two weeks, but added the dispositions of the officials did not make the staff management comfortable as presently the students in the college are protesting with police shooting to drive them. 

Already about two or more casualties have been recorded as the student peaceful demonstration was being dispersed by police shooting sporadically this Monday morning, exactly a week the official of the FMARD visited the college for crisis settlement.There were other properties destroyed  like vehicles and their wind screens. Further details will be reported latter.