12th September, 2014
The Kwara Police Command on Friday denied that there were casualties during a protest by students of the Federal Polytechnic in Offa, Kwara.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Samuel Okasanmi, disclosed this in an interview with NAN in llorin.
He said that although the protest erupted on Friday when a lorry, running away from police arrest, knocked down two students of the institution on motorbike.
Okansanmi described as unfounded the rumour that the two affected students died instantly.
He said that no casualty was recorded during the protest, adding that the two students only sustained minor injuries and were receiving treatment in a hospital in Offa.
He said normalcy had since returned to Offa with the usual social and economic activities in top gear.