Trouble started on wednesday afternoon when the students went on a peaceful protest asking the university authorities to reverse its decision of increasing the transportation fare from the town campus to its permanent site at Nsukara offot in the outskirts of uyo from #100 to #200 per student per day.

A resident of the school community said the students mainly of science and engineering faculties went on rampage in protest against the relocation of the science faculty from the school's temporary site along Ikpa road to the permanent site.

The new site lacks enough infrastructures to accomodate the relocating science students, and the engineering students who had moved in earlier leading to infrequent confrontation.

The egineering students are said to occasionally bar the science students from using the limited lecture rooms and school shuttle buses between the old and new campuses about 10 kilometres apart.

But for the timely intervention of a team of police officers, the protest which spilled into the street would have degenerated into violence.

While the protest was on, the university senate was holding an emergency meeting over the issue.

The vice chancellor, Comfort Ekpo could not be reached for comments on the protest but her office and the town campus main gate were in flames at the time of filling this report.

The co-ordinator of peace on campus initiative, Oliver Cromwell said his organisation was working with security agencies to calm the situation.

God purnish u, didnt u notice dat students were shot n killed by police? U only saw d silly VC's office being torched. Nonsense

Bigcake: God purnish u, didnt u notice dat students were shot n killed by police? U only saw d silly VC's office being torched. Nonsense

Oga bigcake calm down, i wasnt among the police officers that shot uniuyo students.

So no need to insult me because it wont get to me.

I have confirmed: 3 students were shot dead by police
May Their souls rest in perfect peace.