Security agents lock in protesting ASUU members in Ebonyi

ABAKALIKI— OVER 100 armed policemen, Wednesday, prevented members and executives of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Ebonyi State University, EBSU, Abakaliki chapter, from protesting the crisis in the education sector.The policemen, who were armed with AK-47 rifles, tear gas and other security accessories, closed the gate leading to the College of Agricultural Science Campus of the university.
Vanguard gathered that the policemen were also at the institution’s Ishieke and Presco campuses because of fears that the rally might be hijacked by hoodlums. Operatives of Department of State Services, DSS, were also on ground.
The EBSU-ASUU members, who walked round the university environment, were seen carrying placards with the inscriptions such as “FG: save university education,” “FG: do not kill university education,” “FG: agreement is agreement,” “Poor university education makes every sector fake,” “Nigeria: Fight poor education,” “FG-ASUU Agreement! FG has reneged,” “Say no to beggarcracy,” among others. They also chanted solidarity songs.

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