By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta

Students in Ogun State, under the aegis of the National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS) and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday disrupted vehicular movement on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The students, who were protesting the disappearance of Quadri Ogunbode; a graduate of Lagos State University, Ojoo, Lagos, blocked the ever-busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway for over one hour.

The protesting students were armed with placards with various inscriptions, such as “An injustice to one, is an injustices to all”; IGP Egbetokun, please come to our rescue”; IGP should investigate Quadri’s disappearance”; IGP should probe the extortion of the poor parents by some police officers in Lagos State”; NAOSS demands IGP to order special investigation into disappearance of Quadri Ogun Ode”; IGP should investigate efforts in frustrating the investigation by some police in Lagos command for about 2 months” among others.

Ogunbode, a graduate of Political Education from LASU, was reported to have disappeared on 17th February 2025, at a location very close to a Celestial Church in the neighbourhood of the university.

Addressing newsmen, the National President of National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS) Kehinde Thomas, alleged that the police in Lagos State have compromised in the matter.

He, therefore, called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to intervene and order a special investigation into the case of the alleged kidnap and possible murder of Ogunbode.

Thomas said, “This call on the IGP, who is also a parent, to intervene in the matter had become imperative after police complicity and compromise was perceived.

“At NAOSS and NANS level, we are smelling foul play and police complicity. The melancholic parents of Quadri have been made to cough out several thousands of naira by the police to track Quadri’s phone to aid their investigations.

“And with the tracking done and some discoveries made, no tangible progress has been made to unravel the mysterious disappearance of one of own in NAOSS.

“We temporarily block this busiest expressway in the country in order to draw the attention of the Inspector-General of Police, who is also an indigene of Ogun State, Kayode Egbetokun, to intervene and order a special investigation into the case of the alleged kidnapping and possible murder Quadri Ogunbode.




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