Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday 24th of August, received 85 students of the University of Jos, who are indigenes of the state, evacuated from the troubled Plateau State.

Concerned about the vulnerability of the students’ community at the University of Jos, Governor Makinde deployed a team led by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Student Affairs, Hon. Victor Olojede and security escort to Jos and the students were brought back safely to Ibadan.

The governor, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Hon Segun Ogunwuyi, assured the students that the state government would always do everything within its capacity to protect the lives and properties of its indigenes and residents.

The governor had, at the weekend, ordered the evacuation of the students of Oyo State origin, having deployed his Special Assistant, Students Affairs, to Jos, to lead the evacuation.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the Chief of Staff reassured the evacuees, on behalf of the governor, that the state would always be proactive in protecting the lives of its indigenes and residents, irrespective of their places of residence or locations.

The evacuees were ferried into the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, in two buses owned by the Oyo State Pacesetter Transport Company.

In his remarks, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Students’ Matters, Comrade Victor Olojede appreciated the good gesture and the commitment of the State Government to its students across the nation, adding that the students were grateful for the kind gesture.