- They said it’s only a mere coincidence that the date of the protest clashed with the tribunal judgement
- The students are asking amongst other things for the immediate reversal of the school fee, which they said was increased by “six hundred per cent.”
The University of Lagos students have said their protest has nothing to do with the ongoing Presidential Election Petition Tribunal judgment in Abuja.
The students of the tertiary institution said their public demonstration is aimed at expressing their displeasure at the hike in the school’s fees.
They said it’s only a mere coincidence that the date of the protest clashed with the tribunal judgement.
According to the spokesman for the protesting students, Miracle Yemo, the protest date had long been picked before the Tribunal announced the date for the verdict.
“We fixed the date long before now. It is just a coincidence that our protest fell on the same day as the PEPT verdict.” Punch quoted her as saying.
The students are asking amongst other things for the immediate reversal of the school fee, which they said was increased by “six hundred per cent.”
They are also accusing the management of the university of being indifferent to the ordeal of the students, who they said are mostly indigents before hiking the fee.
The students also frowned at the attack on the students by the police, noting that they fired tear gas at them.
Speaking on the arrest of their colleagues, Femi Adeyeye, Philip Olatinwo and Temitope Giwa, Yemo demanded their immediate release saying, “They were on a peaceful course.
“ They should be released. We are harmless but they threw tear gas at us. It is a non-violent protest, so we demand the release of our colleagues.”
The university’s Dean of Students Affairs, Professor Musa Obalola, in his response said the university will come up with an official communication later
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