The National Association of Nigerian Students has called on the Osun State Police Command to ensure due diligence in the investigation of the cause of death of late Timothy Adegoke.
The South-West Coordinator of NANS, Olatunji Adegboye, made the demand at a news conference in Abeokuta on Tuesday.
Adegoke, an Abuja-based Master’s degree student at the Obafemi Awolowo University, had travelled to Ife on November 5 to sit for an examination.
However, the student was declared missing after friends and family members could not reach him.
The deceased had lodged at a hotel, Hilton Hotel, in Ile-Ife between October 22 and November 5 at different times before he was declared missing.
The police later found his dead body.
Adegboye, who spoke in the Ogun State capital, insisted that anyone found culpable in the murder of Adegoke, no matter how highly placed, should be punished according to the law of the land.
He said the student body would resist any attempt to cover up evidence in the investigation of Adegoke’s murder.
He said: “We want to declare that the entire southwestern Nigerian students are closely observing the process as it unfolds and will not hesitate to take to the streets if we smell foul play.
“Again, we are closely monitoring the developments and we shall not hesitate to resist any attempt to subvert justice through every lawful means, including rally, demonstration and protest.
“Most importantly, justice must have its full course so as not to set a dangerous precedent.”
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