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Students protest against renaming of Poly Ibadan

 

Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State are currently staging a protest over the renaming of the institution to Omololu Olunloyo Polytechnic.

Poly Ibadan
Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, stage a protest at the Oyo State Government Secretariat, opposing the renaming of the institution after former Governor Omololu Olunloyo. Photo: The Nation

The protest has left hundreds of commuters plying Sango-Eleyele Road in Ibadan stranded.

Poly Ibadan
Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, stage a protest at the Oyo State Government Secretariat, opposing the renaming of the institution after former Governor Omololu Olunloyo. Photo: The Nation

The PUNCH reports that the State Governor, Seyi Makinde, had renamed the institution in honour of the late former governor of the state, Omololu Olunloyo, who died at the age of 89.

Olunloyo was the first Ibadan person to serve as the governor of old Oyo State.

Poly Ibadan
Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, stage a protest at the Oyo State Government Secretariat, opposing the renaming of the institution after former Governor Omololu Olunloyo. Photo: The Nation

Findings by our correspondent revealed that the students blocked both the entrance gates of the institution and Sango-Eleyele Road.

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