Oyo Government Reveals Foiled Attempt To Breach Public Peace

The Oyo State Government has revealed that it has halted an attempt to breach public peace in the name of protest by some hoodlums.

This was made known by Fatai Owoseni, the Special Adviser to Seyi Makinde, the Oyo State Governor in an interview on Channels Television on Monday.

Earlier on Monday, it was reported that scores of students staged protests in Ibadan over naira and fuel scarcity.

The student had blocked off the gate of the University of Ibadan in their protest.

To preempt further escalation, security operatives were deployed to the office of the Central Bank of Nigeria in the state.

Reacting to the development, Owoseni said the government had brought the situation under control.

“Within an hour, while containing the situation, the hoodlums were chased away by security operatives.

“Yes, there was a Wema bank situation, I wouldn’t have known if there was a provocation.

"But in some parts of Ibadan, they didn’t know the protest was happening. It was controlled within a short time,” he said.