Na wah o! Wetin we go talk for this matter wey don scatter everywhere. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar don come out fire as dem don arrest 52 students from Ambrose Alli University for Ekpoma, Edo State. Dem just dey protest peacefully against the wahala of insecurity when some hoodlums just carry their wahala enter and turn am to riot. Na so dem begin attack market people and block road with tyres. Serious gbege for the area!
Atiku sabi talk am well well, he take to im verified X account on Tuesday to blow whistle about this matter wey fit make anybody vex. E talk say this arrest na clear sign of the kind intolerance wey dey for Bola Tinubu government. According to am, peaceful protest no suppose be crime, na wetin dem dey use for fight for our rights.
E add say, “The way dem dey use style arrest students instead of using that energy to fight the real bad guys like terrorists and bandits na serious wahala. If dem fit take that energy dey do the right thing, our communities go dey safe.” Na true talk! Atiku don dey call for the immediate release of all dem jemmy wey dem carry go jail for simply wanting to express their feelings.
As e be, PUNCH Online don report say di students dey inside Ubiaja Correctional Centre now, and dem don already remand 52 people wey dem accuse of malicious damage and armed robbery. Wetin come dey vex people be say, e no suppose be like this. Justice William Aziegbemi wey dey hear di case don talk say e no get power to run am and don tell dem lawyers say make dem carry bail matter enter Ubiaja High Court. Case don dey adjourn till February 26, 2026. Na serious gbege!
Some of di students talk say dem just dey sleep for their hostel around 3 am before police come carry dem go Benin like sey dem be criminal. Na wah! Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, di Senator for Kogi Central, don join matter too, as she dey call am total suppression of democracy. She talk say dis arrest dey try silence di voices of di youths, and na so e dey bad for our democracy.
She don shout say, “Dialogue no be detention. Our youths no suppose face criminal charges for speaking up. Government suppose dey face di insecurity matter wey plenty for di state. Dem for rather listen to students than dey lock dem up.” Akpoti-Uduaghan don also tell Edo State Government say make dem shift focus from whacking students to addressing di serious para wey dey happen for di state.
Meanwhile, Education dey suffer as National Association of Nigerian Students don also talk say dis detention na total nonsense. E dey vex dem say students wey dey try exercise their constitutional rights dey face serious intimidation. Dis one no fit continue like this o!
But Edo State Government dey try paint di matter well well, dem talk say wetin happen no be protest but coordinated riot wey dey try break di state down. Dem dey insist say di arrested people no be students from Ambrose Alli University, and sey dem no make any arrests inside di students’ hostels. Na serious head but! Who we go believe for dis kind matter? Make we dey watch as di story dey unfold.
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