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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), yesterday, staged a protest against the recent fee hike by the management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka.

Ahead of the protest, policemen drawn from different formations in Lagos State, early yesterday morning, took over the main gate of UNILAG to prevent NANS officials and other students from gaining access to the university.


Despite the presence of armed policemen, the students, brandishing different placards, protested the fee hike by UNILAG management.

The armed policemen came in about 20 vehicles and were backed by the institution’s security personnel as well as the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel.


The protesting students, who came from the Sabo end of Yaba to the campus, were dispersed by policemen, who fired teargas canisters at them, but the students later regrouped and moved towards the main gate. The protesting students were stopped from getting closer to the main gate by the policemen who had cordoned off the area.

Speaking on behalf of the protesting students, the President-elect of the Faculty of Education Students Association, Balogun Ibrahim, accused the Area Commander, whose name he gave as Assistant Commissioner of Police, A. Ayodeji alleged that the ACP ordered his men to shoot at them.

In a swift reaction, the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) condemned the Lagos State Police Command for disrupting a peaceful protest by the students. The group confirmed that four protesting students were arrested by the Lagos State Police Command and demanded their unconditional release.

SOURCE: The Sun
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UNILAG fee hike: Police disrupt NANS protest, arrest 4 students
