PHOTOS: Riot At ANSU Over Insecurity

Following series of robbery attacks and so many other threats in the school, the students of Anambra State University (ANSU) Igbariam campus carried out what started as a "near" peaceful demonstration, which later got violent. 

Some of the rioting students

The demonstration was triggered by the death of a student of the department of Mass communications who was shot in her hostel in the late hours of tuesday, 4th June, 2013.

Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Obikeze and the students

She bled profusely and confirmed dead after her arrival at the hospital due to the fact that there is no standby hospital close to Otoko town where the students resides.

The students on hearing this took to the streets in a bid to show their grief and express their disappointment in the school management in failure to provide adequate security for the students.

Rioting students

It was also gathered from other sources that the students are not protesting just because of the insecurity in the school but also because of the high amount of money they pay per session as their school fees which is  #106,000.

Inspite of this, the school could not boast of good accommodations with good social amenities like social amenities like electricities which will ease the students' academic burdens

A students was shot by security forces during the demonstration.

According to Senator Ebuka Nkwuenu, senator representing the Faculty of Management Sciences in the Students Union Government (SUG) of the school, they tried to calm the rioting students down all to no avail.

The VC, Prof. fidelis Okafor

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Fidelis Okafor later arrived the scene with the intention of calming the students down from the directive of the Governor of Anambra state, Governor Peter Obi, but his efforts ere also futile due to the level of the anger of the embittered students.

Senator Ebuka Nkwuenu, senator representingg the Faculty of Management Sciences in the SUG

 

As at the time of this report, the riot has stopped and the school is temporarily out of session till next monday.