Gunmen cart away valuables in an attack on University of Ibadan female hostel (ENTERTAINMENT)

Some gunmen carted away valuables in the early hours of Thursday in an attack on Obafemi Awolowo Hall female hostel at the University of Ibadan.

36ng gathered that the gunmen numbering about 10 invaded Obafemi Awolowo Hall female hostel around 1:30 a.m.

They were said to have made away with the students’ phones, laptops, cash and other valuables.

The Director of the Public Communication of the institution, Mr. Olatunji Oladejo, who confirmed the unfortunate incident, said two students were injured but were later rushed to the University’s health center for treatment.

Oladejo further disclosed that Campus Security Service coupled with combined efforts of the policemen from Bodija, Sango and Ojoo and Operation Burst rushed to the scene of the incident but the thieves had escaped.

Students of the hostel revealed the local security personnel of the institution guarding the hostel were overpowered and praying while the robbery was ongoing.

Some students, who recounted their ordeals to The Nation, attributed the attack to the lackadaisical attitude of the school management to the security of the students whose hostel is in a ‘porous part of the school’.