Students of Abia State University, ABSU, who were on a peaceful demonstration to protest the planned revocation of the degree awarded former governor of the state, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu by the institution, were molested by soldiers and policemen yesterday.
The
students who had converged on the administrative block as early as 7am to
prevent a Senate meeting over the matter – which is believed to be the
continuation of the persecution of the former governor, were beaten black and
blue and whisked away by combined team of soldiers and mobile policemen.
The
protest had started in a peaceful manner and within thirty minutes, the team of
security operatives stormed the campus, beating every student on sight,
including those who were not part of the protest. In the ensuing milieu,
students and staff were seen scampering for safety
It would be recalled that Kalu had cut short his degree
programme at the University of Maiduguri and had transferred his transcripts
and other details to Abia State University, where he completed the programme
and earned a Bachelors degree when he was governor.
It
is believed in some quarters that Governor Theodore Orji who is in a running
battle of supremacy with Kalu, set the motion in play for the revocation of the
degree certificate the university awarded to his predecessor.
Orji
Kalu who is not in the country, has called on well-meaning people of Abia State
and Nigeria to call T. A. Orji to order saying “…no human being, except God,
has the power to determine any other person’s destiny.”
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