On early hours of Friday April 18, 2014, gunmen unleashed terror on the students of the Osun State University, Osogbo at their different private hostels located close to the campus of the university. The gunmen who were alleged to be robbers were armed with dangerous weapon.

They stormed the private hostels one after the other and dispossessed the students of their belongings including laptops, mobile phones, money, beverages, wrist watches among other things.

It was also learnt that the robbers allegedly rape some of the female students and all efforts by the male students to launch counter attack on the robbers were unsuccessful due to the kind of ammunition the robbers carried.