The protesting college students of Federal College Lokoja have vowed to not resume lessons till the federal and state authorities put in place sufficient security measures.
The scholars insist that even with the indefinite closure of the establishment by administration, they’ll proceed to protest exterior the varsity.
Spokesman of the protesting college students, Ahmed Suleiman mentioned, “The killing of our colleagues within the identify of accident is never-ending, and we’ve been affected person as a result of the varsity administration and authorities have all the time assured us that one other accident is not going to occur once more. Then one other one occurred this week. We are able to’t tolerate this any longer.”
One other protester mentioned, “Now we have misplaced harmless Nigerian college students who got here to Lokoja to review, is it our fault to hunt admissions in federal college Lokoja.
“If we didn’t protest this premature dying of our fellow college students, these of us nonetheless in class should not protected. We are able to’t continued to free lives Nigerian youths within the identify of training.”
The Guardian stories that administration of the Federal College Lokoja on Thursday introduced indefinite closure of the varsity as a consequence of never-ending protest by college students.
“College students are due to this fact, to vacate the campuses on/or earlier than 12 midday, in the present day, Thursday, 20 February, 2025,” the administration mentioned.
The Guardian stories {that a} heavy-duty car conveying palm oil and firewood that was heading in the direction of Abuja rammed right into a shuttle mini-bus taking college students to highschool at Felele, Lokoja.
Consequently, the scholars are searching for justice for his or her colleagues that died within the incident.The have refused to take away barricades to permit entry to the campus, claiming that the administration has not present any security measures to warrant re-opening of the varsity.
Eyewitnesses mentioned the primary road main the varsity alongside Felele specific means Lokoja is infamous for frequent accidents involving college students of the varsity.
