The Engineering students of University of Uyo went
for a peaceful demonstration at the office of the Vice Chancellor in other to
address issues about the sudden changes made by the V.C concerning their
transportation from Uniuyo Main Campus to Uniuyo Permanent Site.
The Vice Chancellor decided that students who want
to board the school bus from Main camp to Permanent site for lectures had to
pay N100 daily before using the school bus that was free.Some complained that
the GST fee N2,000k was too much. So other faculty students joined the protest.
They led a
peaceful demonstration to the V.C's Office to lay their complains about the
sudden change. On arrival the security officials at the V.C's office tried to
stop the students from gaining access to the Vice Chancellor, the students
therefore retaliated by throwing stones at the security officials and blocked
Ikot Ekpene road .
The security officials had no option but to call for
back-up which led to the riot . The police who were supposed to calm the situation
fired shots at the students and killed three innocent students, one has been
identified as Kingsley a 200 level student of the department of zoology . The
students on the other hand destroyed school properties, set the office of the
V.C, the school main gate and a hostel on fire. The rampage went on for
hours. The school has been closed down till further notice.
