Policemen in Osun state on Saturday shot two students  of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Osogbo, while they were playing football.

The victims are Kazeem Adesola and Ibrahim Ajao.

The Policemen who came in plain clothes, had  accused some students on the pitch of being  involved  in internet fraud.

An  eyewitness, who craved anonymity, accused  the police of  persistently extorting money from students.

The eyewitness, a student of the institution,  said the resistance by those on the pitch  led to Saturday’s shooting incident.

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“We were playing football when the policemen came. They always come like that to arrest students. They would say that we are involved in Yahoo-Yahoo (internet fraud)  and they would seize our laptops and phones.

They would collect money on the pretext of granting us bail. But we resisted them on this occasion  and within a twinkle of an eye, the policemen started shooting.

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When the policemen started shooting, we ran away but the bullets hit two students who were immediately rushed to hospital. The bullet hit one in the stomach and the second one in his mouth,’’ he said.

Following the shooting, the students went into major streets to protest. They lit bonfires and impeded human and vehicular traffic within the Osogbo metropolis.