Armed security operatives comprising the Army, police, DSS and Civil Defence Corps on Monday clamped down on students protesting the prolonged closure of all state-owned tertiary institutions in Kogi State.
The students had gathered at the popular NATACO junction on the ever busy Abuja-Lokoja-Abuja road as early as 7:00am and blocked the highway to protest over the nearly three-month-old strike action embarked upon by their lecturers.
The protesting students carried placards with inscriptions such as: “We are tired of staying at home, “2015 and 2016 students have missed the first batch of NYSC mobilization” and “Please re-open our institutions”, amongst
others.
Our correspondent reports that the security operatives who were stationed in the area, beat up some of the students with horsewhip and arrested few others in their bid to disperse the protesters.
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