Student Collapse, Policeman Injured as MAPOLY Students Protest

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A female student collapsed and a policeman were reportedly injured on Monday as students of  Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State staged a  protest concerning  the inability of the Polytechnic to conduct the second semester examination, previously scheduled to begin on September 18, 2017.

It was reported that the Academic staffs of the institution  had indefinitely postponed the examination due to a face-off between the lecturers and the Ogun State Government over the State Government decision to upgrade the polytechnic to university status.

Most protesting students were  dressed in black T-shirts and chanting slogans, marched from Pansheke, through Oke Ilewo-Kuto-NNPC junction, to Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s office at Oke Mosan.

Some of the students carried placards with messages, such as “Bring back our exam,” and MAPOLY must survive” among others. They claimed they had been at home for three months without government doing anything about their plight.

The students met Policemen around the NNPC junction and according to reports teargas canisters were fired at the students, a female student who is suffering from asthma collapsed as the students took to their heels, she was rushed to the nearest Genral Hospital in the area.

The students later marched to the governor’s office  and requested to see the governor. But Amosun was unavailable.

The students grew impatient when the Governor refused to appear and started hurling stones at the policemen, injuring one of them on the head.

Our correspondent gathered that the protest was organised by a coalition, comprising the National Association of Nigerian Students, the National Association of Polytechnic Students and the National Association of the Ogun State Students.

The Chairman, NANS, Ogun State chapter, Olawale Balogun, said that members of the coalition had vowed to continue the protest as long as the state government delayed to intervene in the matter.

He said, “We will not stop this protest until the government heeds our call. We are appealing to the two parties to resolve their differences. This protest will continue tomorrow, by the grace of God.”

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