BREAKING: Commuters, staff stranded as students protest renaming of Polytechnic Ibadan

Published on July 01, 2025 at 07:57 AM
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Hundreds of commuters plying the ever busy Sango-Eleyele Road in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, are currently stranded, DAILY POST reports.

Our correspondent reports that the commuters are stranded as a result of protest embarked upon by students of the Polytechnic Ibadan.

DAILY POST gathered that the students embarked upon the protest as a result of the recent announcement made by Governor Seyi Makinde of the state to rename the institution.

Makinde has few days ago to Omololu Olunloyo Polytechnic, Ibadan.

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

He served between October and December 1983.

DAILY POST reports that students of the institution are currently protesting the renaming of the institution.

The students in the early hours of Tuesday blocked the entrance gates of the institution.

They also blocked the ever busy Sango -Eleyele Road.

This made many commuters, residents and travellers plying the road to be stranded.

DAILY POST gathered that some staff of the institution are also stranded as the majority of them were unable to gain access to the institution.

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