It was like a bolt from the blues. The
missing underwear of a male student of
the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti in Ekiti
State were found in the wardrobe of his
colleague.
This attacted anger from other students
who apprehended the suspect when he
attempted to run away.
The incident, which occurred on Monday,
threw the entire campus into
pandemonium.
The stolen item belongs to the
representative of Pace Setters Hall of
Residence Comrade Akinola Ayomide,
popularly known as Mayegun. The
underpants were found with the accused
with charms wrapped around it.
The suspect, identified as Tunde, but
popularly known as Zacchaeus, is a 100
level English Language student. He had
allegedly left the campus for some days
only to return to meet his waterloo.
Our reporter gathered that many students
claimed Zacchaeus is an internet
fraudster, also referred to as yahoo yahoo,
due to his questionable lifestyle.
Earlier, according to some students,
Zacchaeus had boasted to his friends that
he would buy a car before the end of the
year.
One of the residents of the hall, Oseni
Michael, told our correspondent that the
suspect had joked to his roommates that
he could use them for ritual, adding that
they underestimated his ability.
“There were times we had complained of
missing underwear. But since we usually find
them afterwards, no one suspected
anything,†Oseni added.
Luck, however, ran out on Zacchaeus on
Monday afternoon when he was found with
a male underwear with some fetish items
wrapped around them in Zaccheus’
wardrobe.
“We didn’t trust Zaccheus from the
beginning. Lately, he has been singing
around that he will purchase a car before the
end of this year. One of us, who kept his
piano in the wardrobe, wanted to take it out
when he, unfortunately, saw the calabash
hidden inside the wardrobe. On checking it,
he found the male underpants of Mayegun.
He was able to recognise it because the male
underpant has a hole. Mayegun had
complained that the underpant had loosened
and become too big for him before it
disappeared. He called on us and we saw the
boxer along with schnapps and other fetish
items wrapped around it. When we searched
the wardrobe further, we discovered two
other underwear.
“This provoked other residents of the hostel
who resorted to demonstration. The angry
students descended on Zacchaeus and
almost beat him to a pulp. Zacchaeus was
on the verge of being set ablaze when he
was rescued by the porters in the residence,
who immediately got in touch with the
Director of Students’ Affairs, who in turn,
called the security personnel.
“The Directorate of Students’Affairs, the
security personnel, and student
representative bodies immediately rushed, to
the scene to control the situation.
In his reaction, Mayegun expressed shock
at the situation.
He said: “I went to town yesterday and on
my way back, I saw one of my friends who
pointedly told me: ‘You have been used’. I
couldn’t understand this until I was taken to
the room of Zacchaeus where I saw my
underwear in a kind of calabash along with
schnapps and some fetish items wrapped
around it. I could hardly wait for Zacchaeus’
arrival and I asked him how my underwear
got to his wardrobe along with those charms.
He tried to escape, but we chased and
grabbed him,†he said
Mr Charles Egunjobi, the DSA, described
the incidence as ‘unbelievable and
unexpected’, promising that management
would treat the matter with despatch.
He said: “This is really unusual of the
school,†Mr Egunjobi said.
The management has issued a directive
that the guy should be handed over to the
police. As you can see, the police from the
Ikere-Ekiti Area Command are here.
“Next time, when students are involved in a
situation like this, I expect them find a lasting
solution through non-violent means. The
students aren’t supposed to make a noise or
take laws into their hands,†Egunjobi further
counselled.
The Students’ Union Government (SUG)
President Afolabi Henry; and Speaker
Lawal Qomorudeen, Nigerian Universities
Engineering Students Association (NUESA)
President-elect,Comrade Olakitan Stephen
and other students’ condemned the
barbarous act.
They implored their colleagues not to
engage in violence as no one could predict
the outcome of such action.
Afolabi said: “The tension when I got here
was high. We had to call on the security unit
and the (police) Area Command.The students
should desist from putting their names, that
of the school, and other people into
jeopardy. No matter what, things should be
done according to the law. Violence will only
create more problems. We assure students,
we will do our best to ensure justice. This
will serve as a note of warmning to all
students.
Olakitan also sued for calm.
“It’s really incredible,†Olakitan said in
shock. “If this could happen in students’
environment, this shows how desperate
people can be. Zacchaeus’ action calls for
serious beating, but I will just urge the
students to be calm and let the appropriate
authority take it up. The students leaders will
follow up the case and ensure justice for
all,†he pleaded.
Olowokere Joshua, one of the students,
who reside in the hostel, attested to
Zacchaeus’ ability to commit such atrocity.
“He can do it. He took someone’s underwear
last week and returned it after two days,
claiming he was only joking with him and
that he just pitied him,†he alleged.
Another student, who simply identified
himself as David, added: “He is a 100-Level
student of English. He has not sat for any
exam this semester. He is a traditional guy.
He spends all his money on charm and often
threatens to harm others metaphysically
whenever he’s offended.â€
Attempts by our correspondent to speak
with the suspect were not successful, no
thanks to the angry mob. Eventually, and
at the instance of the management, the
suspect was whisked away amid students
hurling stones at the police van.
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Source:
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unbelievable-student-caught-hiding-his-
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