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The students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Benin, Edo State,
yesterday went on the rampage to protest the killing of their
colleagues.
The protest, which crippled social and business activities in the ancient town, caused gridlock at the Ugbowo end of the Benin-Ore-Lagos Expressway, which spread to other parts of the city.
The victims were crushed to death by a patrol van belonging to the Nigerian Army in front of university’s main gate about 10.30am on Sunday. It was learnt that the two female students, identified as Miss Rita Awele (20) and Efe, were returning from an early morning mass at the Catholic chaplaincy located within the university main campus when they were knocked down from behind by the patrol vehicle.
Both victims
were 200 level students in the Department of Philosophy. However, there
were conflicting reports yesterday over the actual number of students
who died in the accident.
The protesters claimed that the two students died, but the authorities of the 4 Mechanised Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Benin and the management of the university said one of the victims died while the other was responding to treatment at an undisclosed hospital.
It was gathered that Awele died a few hours after the accident while Efe was said to have died on Monday evening at the Emergency Unit of the Central Hospital on Sapele Road, Benin. Meanwhile, the protesting students made bonfire with used tyres causing several hours of gridlock along the route.
Read More http://newtelegraphonline.com/uniben-students-ground-benin-over-colleagues-killing/
The protest, which crippled social and business activities in the ancient town, caused gridlock at the Ugbowo end of the Benin-Ore-Lagos Expressway, which spread to other parts of the city.
The victims were crushed to death by a patrol van belonging to the Nigerian Army in front of university’s main gate about 10.30am on Sunday. It was learnt that the two female students, identified as Miss Rita Awele (20) and Efe, were returning from an early morning mass at the Catholic chaplaincy located within the university main campus when they were knocked down from behind by the patrol vehicle.
The protesters claimed that the two students died, but the authorities of the 4 Mechanised Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Benin and the management of the university said one of the victims died while the other was responding to treatment at an undisclosed hospital.
It was gathered that Awele died a few hours after the accident while Efe was said to have died on Monday evening at the Emergency Unit of the Central Hospital on Sapele Road, Benin. Meanwhile, the protesting students made bonfire with used tyres causing several hours of gridlock along the route.
Read More http://newtelegraphonline.com/uniben-students-ground-benin-over-colleagues-killing/
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