A Magistrate Court sitting in Owo, headquarters of Owo local government area of Ondo state, on Wednesday ordered the remand of 14 students of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, (RUGIPO) arrested during the student rampage on Monday. The accused students, brought before the court were a charge of conspiracy, the felony to wit stealing and malicious damage, pleaded not guilty to all the charges against them. The name of the included Lukman Arowolo 21, Iyanuoluwa Gift 21, Olayinka Oyewole 21, Aladejebi Temitope 35, Oluwadare Gbenga 26, and Japhet Samuel 21. Owolabi prayed the court not to grant bail to the students as pleaded by their counsel who opposed for the release of his clients. The aggrieved students who were sent out from their various examination halls for non-payment of school fees destroyed properties worth millions of naira in the school.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 24, 2018 15:45 UTC