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Ambrose Alli University, Aau Closed Down, Student Protesting, As Fire Razes Faculty Building by infoprideofnaijacom(m): 10:25am On Feb 18, 2011 |
EKPOMA-Faculty of Arts of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma was yesterday razed by fire, just as the management of the university has closed down the school over what it termed “students’ unruly behaviour”. This is even as students of the institution yesterday continued their protest against the suspension of the executive members of the students ’ union over alleged breach of matriculation oath and oath of office. The part of the faculty of arts, housing the department of philosophy and others, was reduced to rubbles, destroying office equipment worth millions of naira, as well as student academic records in the process. Although, the actual cause of the fire could not be ascertained at the time of filing in this report, there were, however, speculations that the fire may have been caused by electrical appliances in the building. When The NIGERIAN OBSERVER visited the scene, few students who were not part of the protest at the gate lamented the colossal destruction, but ruled out students ’ involvement, as according to them, their protest was peaceful. Following the protest, the management of the school in a press release issued by the information unit of the university, has announced the immediate closure of the school till further notice. The release which was signed by the registrar of the university, Mrs. Josephine Omole advised all students to vacate the halls of residence latest 11.00am yesterday and retire to their respective homes. It explained that the closure was sequel to the unruly behaviour of the students, following the suspension of members of the executive arm of the students ’ union for breach of matriculation oath and oath of office. Meanwhile, students of the institution continued with their protest yesterday, blocking the Benin/Auchi Highway, hence causing motorists to groan. Traffic was at a halt, as cars coming from the Benin axis were forced to stop at Iruekpen, while those coming from Auchi parked at Ujoelen junction. Some drivers who fell into the protest were made to part with some money, even as some of the protesters took advantage of the situation to dispossess people of their belongings. It took the intervention of mobile policemen to clear the highway before vehicular movement resumed, even as business activities were yet to fully resume as at the time of filing this report. It would be recalled that a violent protest which took a sweep at the university town, occurred February 15 last year, leaving several destruction in its trail. Source from http://nigerianobservernews.com/18022011/news/news%201.html I was there at the scene as Express way blocked |
Re: Ambrose Alli University, Aau Closed Down, Student Protesting, As Fire Razes Faculty Building by Gaygurl(f): 11:17am On Feb 18, 2011 |
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