Emmanuel ADEBIYI
At around 10:30 pm on Monday, at Block A of Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall, a suspicious individual was apprehended.
This is coming after a series of complaints of theft on the Issues Affecting Zik Hall group about stolen laptops, clippers, power banks, and others.
Eyewitnesses claim that he had been sighted at various places in the hall before, and another person said he saw the face roaming around A3 before the confrontation by Zikites, where he claimed to be going to the toilet while not holding anything that suggests so, before claiming again that he was looking for a certain 'Samuel' who he couldn't call when he was asked to.
He was led to D14 by the Hall Chairman-elect Sotomi Daniel, and the Speaker of the House, Adetunji Samson. He wasn't allowed to be touched, as nothing was found in his hands, and there was no concrete evidence of him stealing.
The suspect was then eventually delivered to the University Security Unit 'Abefele' by the defence team and was taken away.
When reached out to for comments, the Defense Minister, Emiola Waliu, said: "The guy was caught on one of the floors at A block, no exhibit was found on him but due to the tensed atmosphere in the hall on security threats, he was mistaken for a thief due to his incoherent responses when questioned by zikites . He was led to D block since no evidence was found on him to avoid zikites beating him."
"One of the strict rules the campus security service is keen on is ensuring that suspect are not wounded beyond recognition before arresting them. The CSO was contacted immediately to avoid that which was when some officers came and took him away," he continued.
Waliu further revealed that he visited Abefele's office on Tuesday morning and since no exhibit was found on the individual, he has since been released.
