Students of Kogi State Polytechnic in Lokoja on Wednesday went on rampage following the death of a male student that was killed by runaway driver on Tuesday night.
The students who blocked the major highway of the road along Felele- Abuja highway prevented vehicles as they attacked motorists and vandalised any cars that failed to stop.
It was gathered that the HND 11 male student was knocked down when he wanted to cross the road by a moving vehicle heading to Abuja axis at about 8 pm on Tuesday night..
According to an eyewitness account the driver who was in a high speed killed the student but refused to stop and ran away.
This was said to have angered the students as they took to the street blocked road and set tyres on fire.
Anti riots policemen that were drafted to the scene could not help the situation despite the fact that they fired several warning gun to despatch them.
However, the public relation officer of the institution, Mrs. Uredo Omale confirmed the incident to our reporter.
She stated that the situation is under control.
The kogi state police command public relation officer, Mr. William Aya also confirmed the incident to our reporter.
He noted that the incident happened on Tuesday night and the victim was rushed to the hospital but died on Wednesday morning which angered the students.
He stressed that the situation is under control as Kogi state commissioner of Police, CP Ayuba Ede had deployed some security men to the scene to avoid further protest by the students.
