A student has been reportedly caught hiding his colleague's underwear right inside his wardrobe in Ekiti state. It was like a bolt from the blues. The missing underwear of a male student of the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti in Ekiti State was found in the wardrobe of his colleague.
This attracted anger from other students who apprehended the suspect when he attempted to run away. The incident, which occurred on Monday, threw the entire campus into pandemonium.
The stolen item belongs to the representative of Pace Setters Hall of Residence Comrade Akinola Ayomide, popularly known as Mayegun. The underpants were found with the accused with charms wrapped around it.
The suspect, identified as Tunde, but popularly known as Zacchaeus, is a 100 level English Language student. He had allegedly left the campus for some days only to return to meet his Waterloo. Our reporter gathered that many students claimed Zacchaeus is an internet fraudster, also referred to as yahoo, due to his questionable lifestyle.
Earlier, according to some students, Zacchaeus had boasted to his friends that he would buy a car before the end of the year.
One of the residents of the hall, Oseni Michael, told our correspondent that the suspect had joked to his roommates that he could use them for ritual, adding that they underestimated his ability.
Luck, however, ran out on Zacchaeus on Monday afternoon when he was found with a male underwear with some fetish items wrapped around them in Zaccheus’ wardrobe.
“This provoked other residents of the hostel who resorted to demonstration. The angry students descended on Zacchaeus and almost beat him to a pulp. Zacchaeus was on the verge of being set ablaze when he was rescued by the porters in the residence, who immediately got in touch with the Director of Students’ Affairs, who in turn, called the security personnel.
“The Directorate of Students’Affairs, the security personnel, and student representative bodies immediately rushed, to the scene to control the situation.
In his reaction, Mayegun expressed shock at the situation.
He said:
Mr Charles Egunjobi, the DSA, described the incidence as ‘unbelievable and unexpected’, promising that management would treat the matter with despatch.
He said: “This is really unusual of the school,” Mr Egunjobi said.
The management has issued a directive that the guy should be handed over to the police. As you can see, the police from the Ikere-Ekiti Area Command are here.
The Students’ Union Government (SUG) President Afolabi Henry; and Speaker Lawal Qomorudeen, Nigerian Universities Engineering Students Association (NUESA) President-elect, Comrade Olakitan Stephen and other students’ condemned the barbarous act.
They implored their colleagues not to engage in violence as no one could predict the outcome of such action.
Afolabi said:
Olakitan also sued for calm.
Olowokere Joshua, one of the students, who reside in the hostel, attested to Zacchaeus’ ability to commit such atrocity.
“He can do it. He took someone’s underwear last week and returned it after two days, claiming he was only joking with him and that he just pitied him,” he alleged.
Another student, who simply identified himself as David, added: “He is a 100-Level student of English. He has not sat for any exam this semester. He is a traditional guy. He spends all his money on charm and often threatens to harm others metaphysically whenever he’s offended.”
Attempts by our correspondent to speak with the suspect were not successful, no thanks to the angry mob. Eventually, and at the instance of the management, the suspect was whisked away amid students hurling stones at the police van.
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