Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, which was shut down about three months ago over students’unrest which led to the killing of one of the lecturers, Mr Nathaniel Abimaje, a senior lecturer in the school of management studies has been re-opened for academic activities. While disclosing this to our correspondent in Lokoja, the rector of the polytechnic, Professor Matthew Ajibero stated that the students are starting their examination soonest. Onthe 19th of April 2013, the Kogi state polytechnic was shut down by its management because of ethnic crises which erupted between the Ibira and the Igala and led to the death of a senior lecturer while trying to keep peace. The school management has re-opened the institution asking the students to pay the sum of N5,000 with a letter of undertakingfrom their parents. A visit to the polytechnic showed students trooping into the campus, and with the presence of the police and state security services, studentswere searched before they were allowed access to the campus, while others who were already in went on to pay the compulsory N5,000.While speaking with Channels TV in his office in Lokoja, the rector of the polytechnic; professor Matthew Ajibero stated that the committee set up by the school council which comprised the polytechnic and council committee, the police and the DSS,all submitted their reports to the school council, adding that the council has gone through the report and has taken a decision which they havhttp://gistofnigeria..com/2013/07/kogi-state-polytechnic-re-opens.html