At least, a number of students of the Lagos State University, LASU, were severely wounded yesterday when heavily-armed policemen pounced on them at the office of the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola.
Commander of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad, RRS, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, reportedly led the offensive against hundreds of aggrieved students who had converged to protest hike in the institution’s tuition fee.
The police, it was learnt, forcefully dispersed them minutes after they stormed the Alausa, Ikeja with three Bus Rapid Transport, BRT, buses.
The aggrieved undergraduates had occupied the entrance leading to the seat of power, with a demand that the rise in school fees be reversed.
Sources say live bullets and tear gas canisters were fired at the students as they sang anti-Fashola songs.
Apparently, in an attempt to forestall the action from spreading, police officers ensured the road leading to the governor’s office from the Lagos State House of Assembly was blocked.
But as the march turned rowdy, security operatives chased the students to the Berger area of the metropolis, after which they regrouped at the Magodo Estate gate.
It was gathered that three of the protesters and the driver of one of the BRT buses were arrested and the bus impounded.
Speaking, President, LASU Students Union, Yusuf Nurudeen told us that he and his colleagues had visited to register their displeasure over delay in announcing new fees for students of the institution.
“We also learnt that the government will be meeting with the Governing Council of the school today and that is why we came. We beat the barricade set up by the police and we were singing peacefully at the entrance of the governor’s office when we saw policemen.
“They shot at us, teargassed us, shot live bullets at us right in front of the governor’s office. It is sad that they shot at us. We came to hear the announcement of the reduction in school fees,” he said.
Meanwhile, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Aderemi Ibirogba said the State Executive Council was yet to conclude on the school fees issue.
He, however, hinted that there would be a decision on the impasse very soon.
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