[JUST IN] Poly Ibadan Students Protest Against Renaming of School (PHOTOS)

1 July 2025 Daily Bells Newspaper 1 min read

Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, are currently staging a protest over the renaming of the institution to Omololu Olunloyo Polytechnic.

The protest has left hundreds of commuters plying Sango-Eleyele Road in Ibadan stranded.

[JUST IN] Poly Ibadan Students Protest Against Renaming of School (PHOTOS) — *Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, stage a protest at the Oyo State Government Secretariat, opposing the renaming of the institution after former Governor Omololu Olunloyo. Photo: The Nation*

The State Governor, Seyi Makinde, had renamed the institution in honour of the late former governor of the state, Omololu Olunloyo, who died at the age of 89.

The Daily Bells reports that Olunloyo was the first Ibadan person to serve as the governor of old Oyo State.

*Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, stage a protest at the Oyo State Government Secretariat, opposing the renaming of the institution after former Governor Omololu Olunloyo. Photo: The Nation*

Findings revealed that the students blocked both the entrance gates of the institution and Sango-Eleyele Road.

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