LAGOS, Nigeria -- Enraged university students rioted and boycotted classes across Nigeria Monday to protest the deaths of 15 people shot by police during a campus demonstration, news reports said.
President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida named a five-member commission to investigate what he called 'an appalling disaster' last Friday at Ahmadu Bello University near Zaria in northern Nigeria. He said he expected a report within three weeks.
News reports said anti-riot police opened fire on students protesting a new policy banning male students from visiting women's dormitories. Four died immediately while the other 11 died later in hospitals, the government-run Daily Times newspaper reported. Two of the victims were university employees, it said.
The Daily Times said doctors were 'battling to save the lives of others hit by bullets,' but the number of wounded was unknown.
The students also were protesting the expulsion of two students accused of masterminding an unauthorized visit by male students to a female dormitory after the ban took effect last month.
Government radio reported students at the University of Ibadan in western Nigeria set fire Monday to a campus police station, seized a rifle and other equipment, and barricaded entrances to the college to protest the killings.
Students at Ibadan and four other major universities -- Lagos, Ilorin, Jos and Kano -- also boycotted classes and demanded legal action be taken against Ahmadu Bello University's vice chancellor, Professor Ango Abdullah, in the deaths of their peers.
At Lagos, police shot and wounded two students Saturday when demonstrators tried to march to Babangida's residence to protest the slayings.
Babangida said the commission would be headed by retired Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Abisoye and include former student leader Segun Okewo.
'I am confident that members of this commission are persons of integrity and character who will be able to undertake a fair and unbiased assessment of the unfortunate incident,' he said.
He asked the commission to draw up recommendations to avoid 'such an appalling disaster again.'
......... What a reminiscent time. 'Babangida na goat or! Omo eran (3x)' Just like yesterday. Rest In Peace, Olumide Eben Aina Video is good for perusal of the indomie generation.
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Enraged university students rioted and boycotted classes across Nigeria Monday to protest the deaths of 15 people shot by police during a campus demonstration, news reports said.
President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida named a five-member commission to investigate what he called 'an appalling disaster' last Friday at Ahmadu Bello University near Zaria in northern Nigeria. He said he expected a report within three weeks.
News reports said anti-riot police opened fire on students protesting a new policy banning male students from visiting women's dormitories. Four died immediately while the other 11 died later in hospitals, the government-run Daily Times newspaper reported. Two of the victims were university employees, it said.
The Daily Times said doctors were 'battling to save the lives of others hit by bullets,' but the number of wounded was unknown.
The students also were protesting the expulsion of two students accused of masterminding an unauthorized visit by male students to a female dormitory after the ban took effect last month.
Government radio reported students at the University of Ibadan in western Nigeria set fire Monday to a campus police station, seized a rifle and other equipment, and barricaded entrances to the college to protest the killings.
Students at Ibadan and four other major universities -- Lagos, Ilorin, Jos and Kano -- also boycotted classes and demanded legal action be taken against Ahmadu Bello University's vice chancellor, Professor Ango Abdullah, in the deaths of their peers.
At Lagos, police shot and wounded two students Saturday when demonstrators tried to march to Babangida's residence to protest the slayings.
Babangida said the commission would be headed by retired Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Abisoye and include former student leader Segun Okewo.
'I am confident that members of this commission are persons of integrity and character who will be able to undertake a fair and unbiased assessment of the unfortunate incident,' he said.
He asked the commission to draw up recommendations to avoid 'such an appalling disaster again.'
......... What a reminiscent time. 'Babangida na goat oh! Omo eran (3x)' Just like yesterday. Rest In Peace, Olumide Eben Aina Video is good for perusal of the indomie generation.
Who installed the government that has radicalized the SARS operatives while recruiting hersdmen and inept personnels into SARS?? Na una! Deal with your creations...
Children of today should never forget, we paid the price for the little freedom they are enjoying, now it is their turn to finish the business. I am in that Video. and dont ever forget, Ibrahim babangida is an ENEMY of this Country, a Traitor to b specific.
Big daddy to be sincere, elders destroyed this country. I'm happy for people like you that joined the struggle. Our present youth will oppress the oppressors to last
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Enraged university students rioted and boycotted classes across Nigeria Monday to protest the deaths of 15 people shot by police during a campus demonstration, news reports said.
President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida named a five-member commission to investigate what he called 'an appalling disaster' last Friday at Ahmadu Bello University near Zaria in northern Nigeria. He said he expected a report within three weeks.
News reports said anti-riot police opened fire on students protesting a new policy banning male students from visiting women's dormitories. Four died immediately while the other 11 died later in hospitals, the government-run Daily Times newspaper reported. Two of the victims were university employees, it said.
The Daily Times said doctors were 'battling to save the lives of others hit by bullets,' but the number of wounded was unknown.
The students also were protesting the expulsion of two students accused of masterminding an unauthorized visit by male students to a female dormitory after the ban took effect last month.
Government radio reported students at the University of Ibadan in western Nigeria set fire Monday to a campus police station, seized a rifle and other equipment, and barricaded entrances to the college to protest the killings.
Students at Ibadan and four other major universities -- Lagos, Ilorin, Jos and Kano -- also boycotted classes and demanded legal action be taken against Ahmadu Bello University's vice chancellor, Professor Ango Abdullah, in the deaths of their peers.
At Lagos, police shot and wounded two students Saturday when demonstrators tried to march to Babangida's residence to protest the slayings.
Babangida said the commission would be headed by retired Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Abisoye and include former student leader Segun Okewo.
'I am confident that members of this commission are persons of integrity and character who will be able to undertake a fair and unbiased assessment of the unfortunate incident,' he said.
He asked the commission to draw up recommendations to avoid 'such an appalling disaster again.'
AdolfHitlerxXx: This is what I like about the South West folks.
They always stand up to oppression without fear.
Our brothers in South South too provided some support for the #EndSARS.
While some chestbeating cowards hid under their beds wearing their wives' dresses.
Anyways with leaders like Zik, Ojukwu and Kanu who ALL fled at the first sign of trouble... one can't expect too much
A protest spearheaded by Runtown, an Igbo man, and dominated by Igbos residing in Lagos, the core of the police menace. While the likes of Naira Marley and Burnaboy where either engaging in online video call or stylishly evading the protest.
Who installed the government that has radicalized the SARS operatives while recruiting hersdmen and inept personnels into SARS?? Na una! Deal with your creations...
Only cowards speak the way you speak. Nothing new. We have always known that.
As terrible as this shows our Nigerian police (no be today dem start), can you look at the prompt response of the sitting government at the time? In a (as they would say) military dictatorship! And you can imagine that despite how somehow laughable the reason for the protest was then, when the police overstepped their boundaries, the government intervened immediately.
Unlike today. In a supposed democracy.
It took almost a week for our government to respond to an issue so important as the SARS harassment.
A protest spearheaded by Runtown, an Igbo man, and dominated by Igbos residing in Lagos, the core of the police menace. While the likes of Naira Marley and Burnaboy where either engaging in online video call or stylishly evading the protest.
We had another protest in Aba.
Stop being foolish, it doesn't pay
[/s]Which runtown, no be only runtown, na walk city.
Ratedgang: They got no change. Still same till date.
This country did not fight for independence. Britain just dash us free. We have never worked together for anything, so we don't share same ideal. Hence all the fighting and disagreement, from Civil war, to military regime, to even this website. See the insults we give each other on this site, we versus ourselves O. Not foreigners attacking us.
OP ..thanks for posting this. This was at the height of bloody military oppression when the response to riots was "shoot on sight" . Look at how students ( many in their 50s and 60s now) took on the Military. Yet some indomie eating Arrow with no knowledge of history will sit behind a laptop and be calling his parents cowards. If only we could go back in time.
Just so you know that nothing really ever changes in Nigeria.
SARS will be dissolved, a couple months or even years down the line when Nigerians will have forgotten totally, another squad with another acronym will be formed.
No be today, funny thing is our elders know what's going on they will do nothing, but blame youths for problems that started way before today's youths where even born
Bloody cowards all dem elders see Lauretta onochie and co. Classic examples
If we don't make noise they'll say we do nothing when we talk they'll say keep quiet or show respect all of them are mad
If they had curbed these in 1986 would we still be suffering it today?
A young Nigerian man is free to rock natural black hairstyles everywhere in the world except in his own Nigeria, he is free to drive the most expensive cars every where in the world except in his own Nigeria what nonesense
A young Nigerian school girl must shave her head bald to show she is good or virtuous as natural Nigerian hair is seen as dirty, unclean, poor, bad, unholy in your own Nigeria what a shame
Shebi if they protested long ago they would have atleast reached somewhere today but all of them folded arms, Siddon look. I hope and pray our generation will not be as foolish, docile and gullible as our parents and their parents generations
true talk bro.. I have said it in one of my previous post.. Our so called elders are the cause of all the problems of nigeria.. Nigeria was thier responsibility to nurture and develop but they stole from it, starved and malnourished it. Now, they want the youth to do the cleansing where as they are still frustrating the youths effort. Anything the youth exhibit today, were all learnt from the elder.. They should hide thier head in shame for failing the youth and the country.
How can a mutant from the land of crying Generals call a full fledged igbo man a coward, Biko nû?
OSU race shouting, we will soak our blood our blood with that of Buhari, only to coward away when Buhari entered and spent 3 days. Only for them to start abusing their parents in the market a day after he left.
wizzakosh: OSU race shouting, we will soak our blood our blood with that of Buhari, only to coward away when Buhari entered and spent 3 days. Only for them to start abusing their parents in the market a day after he left.
Cowards
Jokes apart, all of una from Afonjaistan get bad mouth no be here... Una bad mouth na follow come...
AdolfHitlerxXx: This is what I like about the South West folks.
They always stand up to oppression without fear.
Our brothers in South South too provided some support for the #EndSARS.
While some chestbeating cowards hid under their beds wearing their wives' dresses.
Anyways with leaders like Zik, Ojukwu and Kanu who ALL fled at the first sign of trouble... one can't expect too much
And you wonder why Nigeria is phucked up. Why would anyone in their right minds but this into a tribal thing? Anyway, i'm waiting for when it will be America's fault.
It's like you are toooo pained that our sister will still be your first lady for the next 4 years..... That's why you are snarling left and right like a wild hyena?
