No fewer than 95 part-time students of the Federal Polytechnic at Auchi in Edo State, have been remanded in prison custody.
The students were arrested on Thursday, June 2 during a riot in the school. They were said to be among those who destroyed up to 141 vehicles, stole 48 computers and perform other forms of school property vandalism.
The vehicles belonged to the lecturers, who reportedly scaled the fence to escape being beaten up by the students.
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Many of the students were not allowed into the examination hall, following the school’s “no school fees, no examination policy."
The students allegedly became riotous after police shot tear gas canisters to disperse their protest over the “
no school fees, no examination” policy.The students allegedly became riotous after police shot tear gas canisters to disperse their protest over the “
Those arrested were arraigned for alleged conspiracy, unlawful assembly, rioting,robbery, stealing and malicious damage.
According to reporters, Police Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, who visited the institution yesterday to assess the damage, described the incident as unfortunate and highest order of impunity.
Ezike said the school library and computer laboratory were destroyed and vandalized. The police chief pledged to arrest other students who vandalized the school property.
He said those charged to court would be remanded in prison custody till June 29, adding that the police had to fire teargas canisters to disperse the students when they set bonfire on the highway.
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