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They are alleged to have conducted a protest against the death of a kidnapped student.

UPDATE: Some Faces of the arrested AAU students moved from Benin High court to Ubiaja correctional center (Prison)#EkpomaIsBleeding pic.twitter.com/LHdSTwQaJB

— Fine_girlrita (@FGirlrita) January 12, 2026

Over 52 students of Ekpoma AAU university who protested over the Incessant K!dnappings in Edo state were all Tracked down to their Hostels in the middle of the night and arrested for protesting and they were all paraded today in court and all remanded in Prison😭💔💔 pic.twitter.com/VRLeTDNiN9

— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) January 12, 2026

Hmmmm them fit no even know about the violence....

This is sad


The innocent ones should be freed

Welcome to the most populated black nation.

Na wa oh. It's finish Nigeria.

Seun posted news today, this is the first time since I joined nairaland I have seen him posted like normal news

A crime now to voice your anger against bad APC government.

APC coconut head promised you insecurity, you applauded, collect Maggi and Salt like Esau, and now you are being paid your wages.

You must reap what you sow...

Kick APC out of Edo... It's such a useless party

iwaeda:
A crime now to voice your anger against bad APC government.

More like a crime to create conditions where shops of innocent Nigerians were looted.

Dude, we all don't like this government, but anger should not escalate to the problem that shopkeepers, who are also suffering under this same government, should suffer more because some thugs decided to go and loot for nothing.

But the lazy security agents will not arrest the Fulani....lazy mofos.

Seun:
They are alleged to have conducted a protest against the death of a kidnapped student. That protest was hijacked by unscrupulous elements which led to widespread looting of shops. Then the police went into the school hostels to pick up "suspects". Not based on evidence, imho.

UPDATE: Some Faces of the arrested AAU students moved from Benin High court to Ubiaja correctional center (Prison)#EkpomaIsBleeding pic.twitter.com/LHdSTwQaJB

— Fine_girlrita (@FGirlrita) January 12, 2026

But I posted this before you naw Ọgbẹni Oloruko mi?

https://www.nairaland.com/8597880/court-remands-varsity-students-others

If it were to be Nairaland of old, this won't happened..... Anyways, continue trying your best

Edo no be Lagos to the mud

A predictable output from a poorly architected socio political system and a user base running on emotional heuristics instead of rational bias. The entire process reeks of a lack of foresight. Either the school administration failed to implement feedback loops or the students failed to grasp the probabilistic consequences of their actions. My bet is on both.

those wey nor buy go pay..The sharp ones don carry their bags runs go their papa house/take shelter elsewhere

First, it was one maigida up north that free some killers now it's the NPF doing their trademark job, Nigeria can be exhausting...

It's so shameful that at this time and era, supposed students now prefer to use chaos and protest to spoil situations instead, of Picking up the pen and paper to Petition the Governor and Commissioner of police. During our time things were fixed immediately we put up written petitions. Today, the quality of young people in school can't really compose good Grammar and write ups that are capable of drawing the attention of those in authority. Students are now embodiment of Nonentity.

Seun:
They are alleged to have conducted a protest against the death of a kidnapped student. That protest was hijacked by unscrupulous elements which led to widespread looting of shops. Then the police went into the school hostels to pick up "suspects". Not based on evidence, imho.

UPDATE: Some Faces of the arrested AAU students moved from Benin High court to Ubiaja correctional center (Prison)#EkpomaIsBleeding pic.twitter.com/LHdSTwQaJB

— Fine_girlrita (@FGirlrita) January 12, 2026

Over 52 students of Ekpoma AAU university who protested over the Incessant K!dnappings in Edo state were all Tracked down to their Hostels in the middle of the night and arrested for protesting and they were all paraded today in court and all remanded in Prison😭💔💔 pic.twitter.com/VRLeTDNiN9

— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) January 12, 2026

inoki247:
Hmmmm them fit no even know about the violence....

Just wait for Aluta very soon. That benin-Auchi go Dey block soon.

And that my friends is how Edo finally became Lagos.

Chai…. Reminds me of those years when we had a protest in Akoka, Unilag and even stormed the VC’s quarters. Las las, there was a hike in school fees and they indirectly punished everybody for the damage caused.


Moral of the story : Nor do pass yourself because na you go still suffer am

Were the unscrupulous elements really students or thugs in the area? The bandits are being pardoned and many are walking free without imprisonment. Why is this government anti-protest? We don't need a government trampling on the rights of the people, I hope Nigerians get it right in 2027, this is not democracy.

inoki247:
Hmmmm them fit no even know about the violence....

They got permission from police to protest as expected? What was the protest going to do about the kidnapping. They just use opportunity to steal people, so they gat to pay as a lesson to others and to prevent a repeat.

iwaeda:
A crime now to voice your anger against bad APC government.

Yes it's a crime anywhere to loot and destroy other people's shop and properties.

pigmania:
Were the unscrupulous elements really students or thugs in the area? The bandits are being pardoned and many are walking free without imprisonment. Why is this government anti-protest? We don't need a government trampling on the rights of the people, I hope Nigerians get it right in 2027, this is not democracy.

Those who started the protest without Police cover and permission should be ready to take responsibility for the destruction and looting that occurred.
Those innocent individuals whose shops were looted are not the kidnappers and were not responsible for the release of bandits

Omo the way ekpoma day hot for the last 3 months, I know up to 5 people we quit school because of the rubbery and kidnapping

It's so pathetic, that justice in this country is so blind and misplaced

The president, going from a serial protester when the government didn't favor him to clamping down on protesters whom the government doesn't favor. How times change.

If you looted you must pay.

Tijani009:
Omo the way ekpoma day hot for the last 3 months, I know up to 5 people we quit school because of the rubbery and kidnapping

Isn't it the same members of the community that are robbing each other and threaten people with cultism?