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  • Okada riders protest in Edo

    Operators of commercial motorcycles, known as Okada, yesterday took to the streets of Benin City, the Edo State capital, to protest the ban on the use of Okada in three local government areas.

    The affected local governments are: Ikpoba-Okha, Egor and Oredo.

    Governor Adams Oshiomhole announced the ban after a security meeting on Tuesday.

    A source at the meeting said it took hours to convince the governor on the need for the ban.

    “The governor was the only one opposed to the ban; all the others supported it,” the source said.

    The protesters, who came out in large numbers, barricaded some major streets.

    Security was, however, strengthened at several locations across the state.

    It took the combined efforts of security agencies to clear the road for motorists.

    Some of the protesters said the one-week deadline was not enough for them to get alternative means of livelihood.

    “He should give us two months. There are no jobs now or nothing provided. Motorcycle is not used for kidnapping.”

    President of the State Okada Riders Union Peter Adoroh described the governor’s action as “too drastic”.

    Adoroh said they would meet with the governor to plead for an extension of the ban to December for a gradual and systematic projection towards phasing out okada from the city centre to the interior.

    “Vehicles do not reach the interior. If these are not put in place, where will the breadwinners go to. It will tell on the society.

    “We intend to respect the governor’s opinion. I encourage genuine riders not to join others to foment trouble but to wait until we meet with the governor and let us see how the government can cushion the effect of the ban. Palliative should be provided.”

  • UNILAG students protest school’s plan to cut campus trading

    UNILAG students protest school’s plan to cut campus trading

  • MASSOB members under fire over sit-at-home protest

    MASSOB members under fire over sit-at-home protest

    Members of the Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) behind last Saturday’s sit-at-home protest that was partially successful in the southeast may be in for a raw deal, it emerged yesterday.

    Anambra State Governor Peter Obi took exception to the mayhem perpetrated by some of the members, saying they would not go unpunished.

    The Police in Aba, one of the southeast commercial centres, said those arrested while trying to mobilise for the action would face prosecution.

    “Those miscreants, hooligans and touts, masquerading as MASSOB members in Anambra state, are to be dealt with,” Obi said yesterday.

    He insisted that real MASSOB members would not be extorting monies and belongings from unsuspecting members of the public and destroying hard-earned property of private individuals and the public in the name of sit- at- home.

    Obi spoke in response to the appeal by Bishop of Amichi Diocese , Nnewi South, Rt. Rev. Ephraim Ikeakor to champion a move to look into the activities of MASSOB to weed out the miscreants.

    It was during the second session of the second Synod of the Diocese at St Peters in Amichi.

    Obi assured the Bishop that his government would invite genuine MASSOB leader , Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, to dialogue and discuss the approach to be used to isolate the genuine non violent , peace-loving MASSOB members from the fake ,violent and criminal- minded miscreants parading themselves as MASSOB members.

    ‘’Education without morality is not enough and that is why my administration is investing in education and health and we are partnering the church. Before my administration came, there were touts everywhere harassing people in Onitsha.

    “We invited their leaders and you won’t believe it, their leader walked out on us at a meeting in the Governor’s office. All efforts to negotiate for peace failed and in just one night, the drivers union became history.

    ‘’For MASSOB , we will visit Chief Uwazuruike for dialogue on the best way to identify genuine MASSOB members so that we can deal mercilessly with these criminals parading themselves as members. We will deal with them as criminals because what happened in Onitsha on Saturday was unacceptable and pathetic. We will deal with this matter in our way of dealing with issues but we believe in dialogue, so we will first meet with the leadership of MASSOB and separate the true, patriotic and selfless MASSOB members in peaceful agitation for a sovereign state from those using its name for crime and related matters.” He said.

    Governor Obi added that he was reconsidering banning commercial motorcycles, “since they have allowed themselves to be used by the miscreants in the name of MASSOB.”

    Obi insisted that Ndigbo were not and still not marginalised as claimed in some quarters. He said the Igbo were marginalising themselves . He lamented that it is only in Igboland that brothers and wives arrange kidnapping of their blood relations and spouses for money. He pointed out that degree certificate does not measure integrity and quality behaviour. He appealed to Ndigbo to support President Goodluck Jonathan.

    Bishop Ikeakor who said he is a MASSOB member as everybody in the Southeast whether the person is participating in the activities of those speaking for Ndigbo in the name of MASSOB or not, lamented that violence and criminality were alien to the movement until now and appealed to Obi to convene a meeting with relevant authorities including traditional rulers to put a stop to criminality.

    ‘’Everybody is sympathetic to the MASSOB as Ndigbo because we all are MASSOB but MASSOB is not known for violence. On Saturday, MASSOB members destroyed vehicles of people going about their normal businesses, some bishops coming for our Synod were nearly lynched by people said to be MASSOB members but the MASSOB we knew is not violent. Why destroying our property when you asked for a sit- at- home and everybody complied. Why not leave those who do not want to sit- at- home to go about their normal businesses.

    ‘’There was marginalisation of Ndigbo before President Goodluck Jonathan came on board but we have not got to the state of Biafra and our property were destroyed and people nearly got lynched. How would it be when it is actualised?

    Abia State Police Commissioner Usman Tilli Abubakar said yesterday that arrested MASSOB members will be arraigned today for distributing inciting materials and threatening the peace of the state.

  • Kaduna power plant land owners protest

    Owners of the land on which the 215 megawatts power station in the Kudenda area of Kaduna State is being constructed have staged a protest over government’s failure to offer them alternative lands for resettlement.

    The land owners told the Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, government has failed to resettle them four years after they willingly gave their lands for the power plant.

    Spokesman of the owners, Francis Nwobodo said: “When he was governor, the Vice President came here and told us that the government was interested in this land and that the power plant they will build will benefit all of us.

    “He promised to give us another land and based on that, we willingly gave away our land.

    “Four years after, we have not heard anything. The late governor Yakowa came here and promised that they will do something. Some of us have died and yet we are yet to be given another land”.

    Nebo commended the land owners for the peaceful nature of their protest.

    He assured the government was willing to fulfill its promise of giving them another land, pointing out that something must have happened to slow down the process.

    Nebo explained: “I will talk with the governor on this matter when we meet.

    “I want to assure you that I will talk with him. The power project that is being constructed here will give you more power than what you are currently enjoying”.

    The power project was initially instituted by the Kaduna State government and was supposed to inject 10 megawatts of electricity into the national grid but later taken over by the Federal Government.

     

  • Protest rocks Akwa Ibom over FG’s allocation of oil wells

    Protest rocks Akwa Ibom over FG’s allocation of oil wells

    Akwa Ibom indigenes yesterday took to the major streets in Uyo, the state capital, protesting alleged Federal Government’s inequitable allocation of oil blocs.

    The carnival-like protest was championed by a socio-cultural organisation, Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio.

    The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions, calling on the Federal Government to address the injustice in the allocation of oil blocs.

    The protesters marched from the secretariat of Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio along Udo Udoma to the Government House in Barracks, chanting solidarity songs.

    Some of the inscriptions on their placards read: North should stop using our oil money to sponsor Boko Haram or kill our people; Revoke oil blocs allocation and re-issue to accommodate Akwa Ibom people; Mboho demands equity and fair play; Oil exploration and exploitation in Nigeria since 1957-2013, Niger Delta has nothing to show; We own the land, we suffer the effects and North owns the money; FG should stop marginalising Akwa Ibom people; Don’t use our resources to punish us; We deserve better treatment in Nigeria.

    Addressing newsmen, the International President of the group, Nse Ubeh, said the people of the Niger Delta region are the ones who have over the years borne the brunt of the national burden that have metamorphosed to the country’s wealth.

    Ubeh expressed sadness that Niger Delta people were suffering unimaginable degradation and deprivation occasioned by decades of oil exploration and exploitation.

    His words: “It is indeed ironic and a sad episode of the Nigerian political and economic scheme to note that a region that produces more than 90 per cent of our national wealth, and which has rightly been referred to as the layer of Nigeria’s golden egg, could be so marginalised and dehumanised.”

    Quoting Amnesty International report of 2009 and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ubeh said oil exploitation in the Niger Delta has brought impoverishment, conflicts, human rights abuses and despair to the majority of the people in the oil producing states.

    “Amnesty International went on to report that pollution and environmental damage caused by the oil industry have resulted in violation of the rights to health and a healthy environment, the right to an adequate standard of living and the right to gain a living through work for hundreds of thousands of people.

    “Also, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on its part describes the region as suffering from administrative neglect, crumbling social infrastructures and services, high employment, social deprivation, abject poverty, filth and squalor, and endemic conflict,” Ubeh said.

  • Varsity shut over students’ protest

    Varsity shut over students’ protest

    A midnight demonstration against power outage by students of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) has led to the indefinite closure of the institution. HALIMAH AKANBI (200-Level Law) and IBRAHIM JATTO (400-Level Zoology) report.

    EVERYWHERE was bustling with activities as students of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) prepared for their first semester examination. But, following a violent night demonstration by students last Monday, the campus has been shut indefinitely.

    The university was closed to prevent further breakdown of law and order.

    The students protested what they described as “a total blackout” in Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi states, which affected power supply to the campus.

    It all started on Monday evening when the generator supplying male and female hostels power stopped working because of non-availability of diesel. There had been no power supply to the campus for days because of the blackout in the three states.

    The Dean of Student Affairs, Dr Ibrahim Magawata,visited Jubril Aminu Hall at 7:30 pm to address the students. He explained that the blackout in Sokoto State had increased the demand for diesel, adding that the diesel in the generator had been exhausted.

    He said the situation was under control, adding that palliative measures had been adopted by the management, which he said contracted tankers to supply water to the hostels. He also promised that the generator would be restored to supply electricity to the halls.

    As promised, electricity was restored a few minutes later. But after 45 minutes, there was another outage, a situation that angered the students, who said the management was insensitive to their plight. They marched on the Vice-Chancellor’s quarters, where they vandalised the VC’s generating set and left the quarters in darkness.

    The protesters returned to the campus, beating up female students and harassing their colleagues, who were not in support of the protest.

    At 7am the next day, the management directed students on both campuses of the institution to vacate the premises before noon. The management said the protest was illegal and inimical to the peace of the university.

    As the information spread, the hostels becamse rowdy. They students hurriedly packed their personal effects before the halls were locked. They gathered in twos and threes, discussing how they would leave the campus.

    Students trekked to the main gate of the university, which is more than five kilometres from the school premises, carrying their luggage on their heads.

    At 10am, riot policemen and soldiers were drafted to the campus to enforce the vacation order. The security operatives patrolled the campus to ensure that no student was around at the expiration of the deadline.

    Students expressed displeasure at the incident, blaming it on the Students’ Union Government (SUG) officials, who they said were not available during and after the protests to contain their colleagues’ excesses.

    Usman Tafida, 300-Level Economics, said the lack of information on the situation made the students to go wild.

    Another student, Adama Yabo, queried the essence of the union, saying the students’ leaders could not engage the management before the situation degenerated into chaos. “Why should students go on violent protest when we have the SUG in place to talk to the authorities on our behalf? If you look at it closely, it tells us that the students’ union leaders are not doing their work,” he said.

    At the time of this report, the lecture rooms and hostels had been locked. There was also security patrol around the campus by the combined team of policemen and soldiers.

  • Bloody clash, protest over MASSOB’s sit-at-home call

    Bloody clash, protest over MASSOB’s sit-at-home call

    Igbo self determination group Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has split into factions following the sit- at-home order it declared for Saturday.

    The group in a statement by its Director of information Uchenna Madu urged Igbo in the southeast to observe a sit-at-home on Saturday to protest the killings of Igbo in the north and the general insecurity in the country.

    The sit-at-home is also to protest the killing of Apo six in Abuja a few years ago as well as the death sentence passed on Rev. Emeka Ezeugo (aka-Rev King).

    There was a protest march to the Anambra State House of Assembly by those opposed to the sit-at-home call.

    There was also a bloody confrontation when MASSOB members’ creating awareness for the Saturday sit-at-home, clashed with policemen.

    The clash took place at Nnobi and Awka-Etiti communities in Idemili South council Area of Anambra state.

    No fewer than 11 members of MASSOB were allegedly injured and are receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.

    Anambra Police Spokesman Emeka Chukwuemeka said the police were merely maintaining the peace.

    Chukwuemeka denied that some MASSOB members were shot at. He described the incident as minor skirmishes. He however warned that the police would not tolerate illegal activities from disbanded persons or groups like MASSOB.

    But MASSOB Deputy Director of Information, Mazi Chris Mocha accused the security operatives especially the police of killing MASSOB members fighting for the actualisation of a sovereign state of Biafra.

    Mocha said the police took away MASSOB laptop machine, N8,000 and arrested Jude Ochi, Nnamdi Ezeaka, Nelson Ugboh, Ifeanyi Eboh and others.

    Prince Ohaegbulem Jude of the Lagos state branch of MASSOB regretted that the Igbo have been marginalised, intimidated and made to be second hand citizen

    He said the sit -at- home is unstoppable.

    A former MASSOB’S second in command, Chief Rommie Ezeonwuka, insisted yesterday in Awka, that members would not allow MASSOB to be run as a private property.

    He said there was no wide consultation ahead of the sit-at-home call.

    Also yesterday, a group, the Association of Igbo Youths (AIYO), led by Annie Onyeagba, stormed the Anambra State House of Assembly with placards.

    At the assembly complex yesterday, the young men and women were singing war songs, declaring that no closure of market or sit at home will happen on June 8.

    The AIYO members said: “We want peace in Igbo land, we must love each other and be our brother’s keepers, and traders must be protected in Igbo land.

    “No more fighting, intimidation, extortion, robberies, kidnappings in Igbo lands, never can Igbo become minorities again in Nigeria, we have no other home except Igbo land”

    “Any force working against peace and securities of Igbo people shall be destroyed by Amadioha (Igbo deity)” the group said

    The group was received at the Assembly complex by Hon Emeka Aniegbonam (Onitsha South), Hon Kenechukwu Chukwuemeka (Awka South 1), Ebele Ejiofor (Anaocha 1).

    The lawmakers praised them for their maturity and being true representatives of Ndigbo and for being peaceful

    According to them “this is the kind association we need in Igbo land, a lot of people do not want peace in Igbo land and this cannot continue”

    The lawmakers assured the group that their matter would be looked into with immediate effect

    But MASSOB insists that the sit-at-home protest would go on as planned.

    Last month, MASSOB issued a statement declaring June 8, 2013 as a sit at home in Igbo land.

    Furthermore, the group declared that markets and shops would not be opened on the said date.

    The statement was signed by MASSOB’S Director of information Uchenna Madu.

    According to him, “anybody who wants to sit at home would start it in his own area and not in Anambra, we will make sure that no trader closes his shop on that day, the action is unfair to Igbo people and we can not allow it happen” Ezeonwuka said.

  • Tears, protest as Lagos remembers crash victims

    Tears, protest as Lagos remembers crash victims

    Some hid their teary eyes under dark sunshades; some isolated themselves, preferring to deal with their grief privately. There were no fanfares, no jamboree of any sort.

    Time was 9am. Venue was the site of the Dana Air plane crash in Iju- Ishaga, a Lagos suburb. Yesterday marked the first anniversary of the crash.

    Those who may have long visited Popoola and Olaniyi and the adjourning streets around the crash site may not recognise it. Gone were the heaps of rubbish and burnt debris which formerly constituted a sore on the site. Instead the crash site has been cleared and interlocking stones have been laid on the ground. In the centre of the crash site stood a cenotaph, a magnificent three steps tower. It was built in replica of an airport control tower. On top of it was a plane which looked as if it had broken in the middle: it denotes a crashed plane. Some meters away stood a tomb block with the names of all 157 victims written on it, the block looked strong and defiant.

    By 9:25, more than 155 wreaths had been laid at the site. Each wreath represented a lost beloved, delivered by a heartbroken relative or friend. Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola arrived at 10:20 am accompanied by his wife, Abimbola. He was dressed in a black suit and his wife also wore a dark gown. They made for the canopy which had been prepared for dignitaries and relatives of the victims.

    When the service began at 10:35, thousands of people had gathered with many trying unsuccessfully to gain entry into the “Iju-Ishaga Memorial Arcade.” Security was tight and the police assisted by some members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) ensured nobody stepped out of line. Local urchins also appeared to have respected the spirits of the dead as they gathered on a side to watch the events from afar.

    Outside the arcade, a protest was underway. Aggrieved persons carried placards with different inscriptions asking Dana Air for compensation. These were the ground victims. They have lost houses and other valuables. Some of them had rented rooms in affected homes and have lost personal belongings.

    Chairman, Akande Development Association, Chief Adewale Oriowo, who spoke on behalf of the ground victims during the unveiling of the cenotaph, said the Federal Government and Dana have not supported them.

    He said: “We are not happy with the fact that they are operating their business and people whose lives have been destroyed by the crash have not been compensated. They have displaced and destroyed our people in the community.”

    A pin drop silence descended on the arcade as Fashola began to deliver his speech at 11:14 am. Though everyone expected his speech to be sober, many were nevertheless blown away by the almost celestial content of his thoughts. It was perhaps his most profound speech yet as he painted in unbelievable details the tragedy and the emotions that resulted from it.

    “Exactly one year ago, we were all crest fallen in this state,” Fashola began. It was easy to see through his pain as he discarded the airs and arrogance often associated with the powerful and adorned the humanity of people around him. It was a slow and painful speech.

    “I remember that I have promised myself to rest a little that afternoon and prepare for a new week. Just like many of you, I remember where I was…when day broke that fateful Sunday the 3rd of June 2012, no one could have predicted what sad and painful thoughts would accompany us to bed that night,” the governor said to his stoic audience.

    He admitted words may never be sufficient to sooth their pains. “What does one say at a time like this? What does one say when words will never be enough? Many of us cannot even begin to imagine how great your suffering must have been this last one year.”

    Fashola promised that the state government would continue to stand by the families of the deceased to reduce their burdens.

    He urged stakeholders in the aviation industry to learn some lessons from the accident and use them to avert a recurrence.

    “The essence is to keep proper records and a reference material for emergency management in the state,” he said.

    Commissioner for Special Duties Dr Wale Ahmed said the government provided after-crash management support, including identification of the victims through DNA analysis.

    He added that families of the victims were assisted in the burial arrangements.

    “All the names of the 157 victims were engraved on the cenotaph as part of efforts to immortalise them,” he said.

    Ms. Oduah said the government was discussing with the management of DANA Air to ensure payment of full compensations to victims’ families.

    The senator representing Lagos East senatorial district, Gbenga Ashafa, laid a wreath at the crash site.

    He told reporters: “The incident that occurred a year ago on this site is really unfortunate and disheartening. There is no amount of compensation that can bring the dead back to live. I want to use this medium to appeal to all the families affected that God almighty will give them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”

    At 12:33 pm, the governor unveiled the cenotaph. “This cenotaph which we are unveiling here today will ensure that their memories never die. This monument will stand as a permanent memorial to these family men, women and children; and we will cherish each of their stories-stories of potential and of fulfillment, stories of true heroes,” Fashola said.

    When he was done, prayers were held for the repose of the souls departed. By then, the tears were gone and it was evident an event that began on such glum note had assumed a more cheerful and inspirational ending.

    The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Aviation, Mr George Afam, and some other government officials laid wreaths on the cenotaph in memory of the victims. Afam represented the Minister of Aviation Ms. Stella Oduah.

     

  • Protest over student’s killing

    Students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) yesterday marched on the streets of Benin, the Edo State capital, to protest the killing of their colleague, Ibrahim Momodu.

    Momodu was reportedly killed by the police near his family house at No 1, Igbobawaye Street, off Siluko Road, by Textile Mill junction.

    Addressing reporters at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat, the deceased’s elder sister, Ebohon Rebecca Egbe, said: “I was at my office in Port Harcourt when I received a call from a cousin, who is a policeman in Benin.

    “My cousin broke the news of the killing to me and I called my mum immediately. She said she has been looking for him for two days. Normally, it is after 48 hours that you report such thing to the police.

    “She went to the police station on May 29 and was told that he was killed by a Divisional Police Officer. His body was buried the next day without the family’s knowledge.

    “The police said he was shot in self defence because he had a gun on him. My brother was not a criminal. The family is confused. I am calling on relevant authorities to apprehend his killers.”

    Commissioner of Police Folusho Adebanjo and police spokesman Charles Eguavoen could not be reached for comments.

     

  • Protest disrupts exam

    The first semester examination of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State was disrupted on Monday following the barring of students who have not paid their school fees from writing the examination. MODESTUS DIKO and AMINAT POPOOLA report.

     

    ALL was quiet at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, on Monday because of the impending exam. Suddenly the atmosphere became tense as the “no school fee, no examination” directive of the government was enforced. Two students were said to have died in the ensuing melee.

    The management, in a statement, denied the death story, saying none of the protesters was hurt.

    It said only students, who met the deadline and had confirmed their payment status, would be allowed to write the first semester examination, which was to begin last Monday.

    The Secretary to the State Government, Mr Taiwo Adeoluwa, last weekend, in a statement, said government would bar students that owed cumulative school fees from taking the examination. The government advised students who have not completed the registration to do so or stay away from school.

    The government, Adeoluwa said, had compelled the university authorities to postpone the examination three times to allow all students to regularise their payment records. He noted that five categories of students were identified in the audit report submitted by the Olusegun Osinowo Visitation Panel set up in 2011 to review the academic situation in the institution.

    According to the panel, the first category of students included those who were properly registered, had matriculation numbers and had paid their school fees up to date. The second category included students, who had matriculation numbers but requested the school to allow them pay their school fees in installments.

    The third category identified in the panel report was the students, who had matriculation numbers but had continuously defaulted the school fee payment terms over the years with the claim that their parents could not afford to pay.

    The fourth category included students who were mainly in 300-Level and 400-Level, but who did not register or pay school fees for the previous academic years. This category had been directed by the Governing Council, in line with the National Universities Commission (NUC) guidelines, to apply for reinstatement of their studentship which had lapsed as a result of their non-registration for one or more academic sessions.

    The fifth group, according to the panel report, consisted of students without matriculation numbers, who were not registered as bona fide students of the university.

    Having reviewed the situation, Adeoluwa said the government regarded those in the first category as the only set of qualified students, who would be allowed to write the semester examination.

    The school fees ranges between N70,000 and N150,000 per session, CAMPUSLIFE learnt. The government’s directive affected mostly freshers and their colleagues in 200-Level. They were asked to defer their admission following their inability to pay the school fees.

    All final year students, who are yet to pay the fees for the last session, would be made to spend extra year, while 300-Level students that are yet to pay for the previous two sessions would repeat back to 100-Level.

    Students, who were barred from writing the examination, gathered to protest on the campus. They prevented their colleagues in Faculty of Law, who were filing into a hall, from writing their examination. To prevent the situation from degenerating into a chaos, riot policemen were drafted to the scene.

    The policemen were reportedly led by the Area Commander of Ijebu Ode Command, who met with the students to leave the campus. Adamant, the protesters were dispersed.

    According to a student, who pleaded anonymity, the policemen fired tear gas, which resulted into pandemonium as students scampered for safety.

    Some students, including the president of the Students’ Union Government (SUG), Ayokunle Omojola, were said to have been injured in the chaos.

    Efforts to reach the police Public Relations Officer, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi, were futile as he did not pick his calls at the time of this report.

    A statement by the Acting Registrar, Mrs O.A. Osunsanya, reads: ”The attention of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) has been drawn to the libelous report that lives of some students were lost during a recent protest against regularisation of studentship, which disrupted arrangements for the 2012/2013 Harmattan semester examinations.

    “The management wishes to categorically state that there is no iota of truth in the report as widely circulated in the social media networks.

    “The general public is advised to be wary of the antics of some mischief makers, who peddle false information capable of damaging the reputation of Olabisi Onabanjo University.

    “Management advises parents and guardians to closely monitor the activities of their wards to prevent them being recruited by detractors of the university.

    “Members of the university community and indeed, the general public, are assured of the return of normalcy to the campus. All registered students should note that the reschedule examinations will hold as announced.”