– Students are said to be on rampage at the
University of Ibadan
– Victimization of a student is said to be
the cause of the violent frenzy
– The institution is said to have been shut
down following the irate developments
Thousands of students of the University of
Ibadan (UI) this morning went on rampage
and shutdown the school over the school’s
management victimization of a student who
took part in the last protest organized by the
students.
The aggrieved students also vented their
anger over persistent power failure in the
school and lack of water supply.
UI management had added an extra
semester to a 500 Level Engineering student,
Michael Tunji Epeti for partaking in a protest
hundreds of students of the school staged
recently to demand for improvement in
power supply and lack of water in the
school.
Very early in the morning, thousands of
students, led by the Students Union
President stormed the school gate and shut
it while security men at the gate watched
helplessly.
Activities at the citadel of learning have
been paralyzed as no vehicle is allowed in
and out of the school.
Lecturers and others who live off campus
could not drive into the school this morning
as all gates leading to the institution were
shut by the students.
There was traffic gridlock on front of the
school and on UI road as the large number
of vehicles wanting to enter the school
could not do so.
A post graduate student, who craved
anonymity, told our reporter that massive
crowd of students turned out for the protest
and that people were not allowed to snap
pictures so that the school’s management
would not single out more students for
victimization.
He said the students want the management
of the school to reverse their decision to
impose an extra semester on Epeti for taking
part in a protest, saying that until the
management reverses the decision, the
school gate would remain closed.
He added that the students were also
protesting poor power supply to the school
as well as lack of water, saying that he did
not even had his bath in the morning.
A former student’s union leader of the
school, popularly called ‘Tcool’ said the
student’s victimization was inappropriate,
saying that if the students did not fight it
out now, more students would be victimized
also.
Recently, the school management forced
post graduate students seeking
accommodation in the school to sign an
undertaken that they would not complain as
the school could not guarantee them power
supply and water in the hostels.
In early March, UI students on a Saturday
also disrupted activities in the school by
shutting down the school gate and protested
vehemently over poor power supply and
inadequate water supply in the school.
University of Ibadan
– Victimization of a student is said to be
the cause of the violent frenzy
– The institution is said to have been shut
down following the irate developments
Thousands of students of the University of
Ibadan (UI) this morning went on rampage
and shutdown the school over the school’s
management victimization of a student who
took part in the last protest organized by the
students.
The aggrieved students also vented their
anger over persistent power failure in the
school and lack of water supply.
UI management had added an extra
semester to a 500 Level Engineering student,
Michael Tunji Epeti for partaking in a protest
hundreds of students of the school staged
recently to demand for improvement in
power supply and lack of water in the
school.
Very early in the morning, thousands of
students, led by the Students Union
President stormed the school gate and shut
it while security men at the gate watched
helplessly.
Activities at the citadel of learning have
been paralyzed as no vehicle is allowed in
and out of the school.
Lecturers and others who live off campus
could not drive into the school this morning
as all gates leading to the institution were
shut by the students.
There was traffic gridlock on front of the
school and on UI road as the large number
of vehicles wanting to enter the school
could not do so.
A post graduate student, who craved
anonymity, told our reporter that massive
crowd of students turned out for the protest
and that people were not allowed to snap
pictures so that the school’s management
would not single out more students for
victimization.
He said the students want the management
of the school to reverse their decision to
impose an extra semester on Epeti for taking
part in a protest, saying that until the
management reverses the decision, the
school gate would remain closed.
He added that the students were also
protesting poor power supply to the school
as well as lack of water, saying that he did
not even had his bath in the morning.
A former student’s union leader of the
school, popularly called ‘Tcool’ said the
student’s victimization was inappropriate,
saying that if the students did not fight it
out now, more students would be victimized
also.
Recently, the school management forced
post graduate students seeking
accommodation in the school to sign an
undertaken that they would not complain as
the school could not guarantee them power
supply and water in the hostels.
In early March, UI students on a Saturday
also disrupted activities in the school by
shutting down the school gate and protested
vehemently over poor power supply and
inadequate water supply in the school.
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