A protest by students of Benue State
University has taken a more violent turn this evening following the shooting of
a student in the chest by policemen.
At the time of this report, the
students were pulling down most of the solar energy street lights on the road
along the school campus all the way to Gyado villa and are reported to have
also set the headquarters of the Board of Internal Revenue Service on fire.
The Registrar of the University,
Dr. Timothy Utile has announced the closure of the institution and directed the
students to vacate the campus immediately pending the ratification of the new
academic calendar by the senate of the University.
The student had taken to the
streets after a truck allegedly knocked down and killed a four hundred level
student in the Department of Economics earlier in the day.
Our correspondent who visited
the scene of the accident report that the student was crossing the road at the
second campus when a truck coming from Gboko knocked her over and she died on
the spot.
When the news of the accident
spread to the campus, students in their numbers stormed the Gboko – Makurdi
road, halting commercial activities and barricading the highway. Men of the
police anti-riot squad were quickly dispatched to the scene and they tried to
disperse the students with tear gas.
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