It seem the last has not heard of the crisis rocking Lagos State University (LASU) as students yesterday June 9 took over Badagry and Iba expressways blocking vehicular movement, The Sun reports.
This current protest is coming of heel of the contention between the institution’s management and staff unions as the 48-hour ultimatum issued by the student expired..
The student union mouthpiece, Adebanjo Fatai, stated thet decision to of the student to take to the street was taken after a meeting held yesterday morning.
The protest brought to halt commercial activities around the area and the campus. It also caused heavy traffic leading to commuters to disembark and continue their journeys on foot.
The police deployed 11 police vans and armoured personnel carrier and stationed it at the Badagry Expressway gate of LASU to prevent the situation from turning violent.
The protesting students started the protest at about 10.55am and was peaceful. However commuters and motorists were forced to wait in the long queue that extended up to Agric Bus Stop towards Mile 11 and the Iyana Sasi end of Badagry.
The students, led by their President, Adeyemi Onikoro, used articulated trucks to block the Badagry Expressway. Pleads by the area commander fell on deaf ears as the angry students continue with their protest.
Some of the protesting students turned the Badagry Expressway into a football pitch, while others chanted anti-Lagos State songs.
Onikoro stated that the students wanted Governor Akinwunmi Amobode to intervene in the crisis rocking the school following the sudden postponement of the 2nd semester examinations by the management of the institution and seven-month-old crisis between the staff unions and the management.
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The students’ union Fatai spokesman said the protest was a warning to Governor Ambode to address the issues in contention.
“We have written about seven letters to the governor on these issues without positive result.We are using this blockade to send a signal to Ambode. We cannot tell what will happen tomorrow, we will go back and re-strategize on the next line of action. The governor must attend to the demands. We used this protest to let people know what we are going through in LASU, ’’ Fatai warned
It will be recalled that the students’ union had at press briefing in Ikeja issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the institution management to revert the postponement of examination.
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