Wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, on Tuesday is reported to have escaped physical attack by protesting students of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE).
The students were protesting against incessant power outages on their campuses and want the government to do something about it.
Though, the protest, considered as being peaceful by the Police Commissioner, Mr. Asuquo Amba, was said to have been hijacked by hoodlums.
Some hoodlums on Tuesday afternoon allegedly hijacked the protest by students of FUOYE and allegedly attacked the convoy of the First Lady of the state, who was returning from a tour of some Local Government Areas of the state to dish out empowerment to the indigenes and residents.
The hoodlums were said to have engaged the security operatives in violent clashes and allegedly vandalized vehicles in the convoy of the First lady, Mrs. Bisi Fayemi.
Students of FUOYE were reported to have gathered as early as 6:39 am on Tuesday in front of the gates of the twin campuses of the institution in Oye and Ikole respectively.
They had simply called on Nigerian government to ensure that the body saddled with providing power to the campuses did their job and phase out incessant power outage on the campuses.
There were reports that one unidentified person was killed in the fracas but the police have denied and said that nobody was killed.
Police Public Relations Officer of the Ekiti State Police Command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu confirmed the attack on the governor’s wife.
Ikechukwu explained that the students protested in the morning and blocked the Ifaki-Ikole-Omuo highway and prevented free flow of vehicles.
“The students did not allow vehicles to move freely and they vandalised the property of Benin Electricity Distribution Company .
“When police went there to dialogue with them, they resisted them. And the wife of the governor who went on local government tour ran into the barricade mounted on the road.
“The students were reported to have been violent destroying cars and smashed the windscreens of vehicles
“We want to warn that the command won’t tolerate hooliganism under any guise. We want to assure the public that the police are on top of the situation and our people must go about their normal businesses.”