Some students of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, were injured early on Wednesday when robbers invaded Barika area, Agbowo community in Ibadan North Local Government area of the state capital.
Agbowo is the host community of the university where many students reside.
Daily Trust gathered that the robbers arrived at the area around 2am and started shooting.
A guard, according to some witnesses, was allegedly shot but survived.
A student and resident of the area, Olukemi Romoke said, “the robbers arrived our area around 2am. A student, Victor, was shot in his left leg. He was taken to UI Jaja clinic. They collected N250, 000 and POS machine from our neighbour.
“Many students were injured; they collected money from them while their phones were stolen. It was like a film last night. Police were invited but they couldn’t meet them,” he said.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, could not be reached for comment as he didn’t pick calls put through to him and a text message sent to him was not replied to.
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