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Lokoja, Kogi State – The administration of the Federal College, Lokoja (FUL), has introduced the indefinite closure of the establishment following pupil protests over the tragic deaths of 5 colleagues in a street accident.
In a press release launched on Thursday by the Registrar and Secretary to the Council, Dr. Rebecca Aimiohu Okojie, the college cited safety considerations and the necessity to stop additional disruptions as causes for the shutdown.
The disaster erupted after a deadly accident on Monday, February 17, 2025, in Felele, the place 5 college students misplaced their lives. In response, college students barricaded the college’s foremost gate, disrupting tutorial and administrative actions.
Regardless of appeals from the Kogi State Authorities and college administration, the protests endured, prompting intervention from safety companies.
“Following recommendation from safety operatives and to forestall additional lack of lives and property, the Vice Chancellor, after due session with the administration, has selected behalf of the Senate that the college—each campuses—be closed indefinitely,” the assertion learn.
College students have been directed to vacate the premises by 12 midday on Thursday, February 20.
The protests, led by College students’ Union President, Comrade Benjamin Olorunfemi Timothy, escalated after college students threatened to dam the foremost freeway close to the campus to forestall additional accidents.
The scenario stays tense as college students demand improved street security measures across the college space.
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