a massive student protest which started a little over 10pm last night in the university of ibadan has continued into the morning. the students are protesting over incessant power outage at a time when when examinations are scheduled to begin. 

irregular power supply has been the hallmark of the  prestigious premier university for sometime now. power supply from phcn (the power regulating body in nigeria) has been erratic over the last couple of months, almost to the point of being non-existent. the school authorities in a bid to augument the power supply it gets from the power regulators, provides generator light for its students for about 4-5 hours in a day. 
yesterday,the 22nd of april, the power balance was titled when the students decided that they deserved better living conditions and began protesting against the power status quo. the protest which began at about 10pm yesterday has gained momentum as the protest spilled over into the morning. school activities have come to a halt as the protesters ensured that no classes would be held.
ironically, the light came up this morning just as the protest picked up pace and has not gone off since. it will be interesting to see how the school authorities react to this present predicament...and we can assure you that we will be paying attention as the events unfold.

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