Oyo state shut down,as protest over decomposed woman’s body halts activities in Ibadan

Socio-economic activities came to a halt on Tuesday at Apata , Ibadan in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo state as scores of students of the Federal College of Agriculture, Moore Plantation Ibadan barricaded the Ibadan-Abeokuta Expressway in Protest against alleged government  insensitivity to their health.
The students were demanding the immediate removal of a decomposed body of a woman who allegedly slumped and died last week Saturday while waiting for a cab at the bus-stop very close to the main gate of the college.
The angry students said they were disappointed by the attitude of government officials whom they accused of turning blind eye to the effect of the decomposed body on the health of the students and others who live and work around the area.
They alleged that despite several calls on officials of the local government and state Ministry of Health to ensure that the body was removed to prevent epidemic in the area , they (officials) refused to come .
Speaking with newsmen, the SUG President, Mr Monsuru Olayinka restated the call on health officials both at the local government and state Ministry of Health to remove the dead body within 24 hours or face the wrath of the students.
He described the attitude of officials of government to work as very unfortunate.
The students’ leader even threatened that the express way would remain impassable until government does the needful.
Other students were seen carrying cards with the inscription ” Ajimobi please save us from deadly disease”, ” Save us from lackadasical attitude of our health officials”,
“Tell them to remove this decomposed body , our health in danger”.
Since the unfortunate death of the woman , the family and relatives are yet to be known.
At the scene of the protest, the students who carried green leaves and sticks took over the one lane expressway, causing very long queue and traffic gridlock.
Some motorists and commercial motorcycle operators who proved ‘stubborn’ were beaten and dispossessed by the students .
Many workers remained in the traffic for more than two hours, while others were stranded at bus-stops waiting endlessly.
There was no single presence of policemen and other security agents at the scene , even though  the Apata Police Station is less than 200 meters away to the scene of the protest.