OAU students protest transport crisis, poor welfare, demand urgent reforms

Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, connected Tuesday staged a protestation calling for contiguous enactment implicit persistent payment and world concerns affecting the field community.

The demonstration, organised by the Students’ Union, saw ample numbers of students marching and chanting adjacent the institution’s main gross successful the aboriginal hours of the day.

Video footage from the country showed protesters carrying placards and moving successful groups, portion maintaining that the workout remained peaceful throughout.

The protestation followed a solution reached astatine a legislature held connected Monday astatine Awo Café, wherever national members approved the objection successful effect to ongoing challenges.

In a connection jointly signed by the Students’ Union President, Adelani David, and General Secretary, Habeeb Oke Isa, the enactment stressed the committedness to non-violence.

“The Students’ Union staged a peaceful objection connected Tuesday, 28th April, 2026, astatine 6am, with the volition to artifact large roads and gates starring to the field until our demands are met,” the connection read.

It added, “The objection shall beryllium conducted peacefully and successful enactment with the known contented of Great Ife students for orderly and non-violent protests.”

Students were besides urged to enactment responsibly, with the national n...