ASUU Condemns Alleged Rape of AAUA Student by Soldiers

The Academic Staff Union Of Universities(ASUU) has expressed shock over the alleged rape of a student of the Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko,Ondo State by soldiers describing the act as wicked and inhuman.

It was reported that the victim, who is said to be a 300-level student of the Department of Religious and African Studies of the university was allegedly gang-raped by some soldiers at a checkpoint in Ikare Akoko,on Wednesday.

The student was allegedly forced to alight from a commercial bus, by one of the soldiers.

He allegedly dragged the victim into a cubicle at the back of checkpoint, where she was allegedly assaulted sexually.

The victim was said to be returning from the campus last Wednesday when the incident happened.

The ASUU-AAUA chairman, Dr. Sola Fayose in a statement advised the military authority to ensure that justice is served accordingly in the case.

“Our Union in this institution sees this incident as dastardly, wicked, inhuman, and against any thing called humaneness, decency and civility.

“The Union believes the insecurity in the area has been aggravated by the lack of professional standards on the part of some men of the security agencies, who have the constitutional and professional responsibility to provide cover for the innocent citizens.

“The Union found as mostly best in land absurd, the more, the narrative that this female student was ordered out of a bus at a military checkpoint and dragged into a cubicle and gang-raped by some soldiers in broad daylight.

“To say the list, the act by these wicked individuals is nothing but an utter display of impunity, recklessness and unmitigated cannibalistic propensities that may not even be obtainable in situations of wars.

“The Union, therefore, calls on the police and military authorities who we learnt have both begun investigations into the matter to fast-track the processes of prosecuting these individuals (military personnel) that are found culpable in the crime, with a view to bringing them to book, and serving justice appropriately,” he said.

Source: The Politico