Wetin dey happen for Ekpoma? E no go sweet for inside Naija matter as civil rights group, Citizens' Gavel, don shout say dem wan make dem release 52 students wey police carry go jail after dem protest wey no even wan for their community.
Dis protest no be just any kind protest o! Na against di wahala wey dey happen for Ekpoma, as people don dey fear say bandits go just carry dem away like say na dem be dem own property. Dem students, dey just dey call for better security but wetin dem get? Police come carry dem from their hostels like dem be criminals for night! Chai!
Baba Sylvester Agih, wey be Senior Legal Analyst for Citizens’ Gavel, don talk say di arrest no make sense at all. He say some of di students never even show face for di protest, yet dem dey for di same wahala wey dey happen for di community. As e dey be, e be like say di authorities no fit understand wetin true justice be.
Na wetin make people vex pass be say, na di students wey dey protest for better life dem go dey carry go jail, while di real criminals dey waka freely. Di rights group yan say di work wey police dey do no dey add up. How dem fit carry innocent students go jail when banditry don dey grow like weeds for di same area?
NANS, di National Association of Nigerian Students, don join body, dey demand make dem free di students sharp-sharp, no delay. Dem talk say any attempt to keep dem for prison go show say dem wan oppress Nigerian students.
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan too don add her voice say authorities suppose sit down for table talk instead of using police wahala to silence pipo. And di Edo State chapter of di Peoples Democratic Party don dey shout say wetin happen na wahala for democracy.
As we dey report dis gist, di students dey for Ubiaja Correctional Centre, and dia case don reach February 26, 2026. Na wetin person fit call real injustice, na so dem dey lock up people wey dey fight for dia future!
SPEC, di Save Public Education Campaign, don join di gist too, dey call am unlawful and say dem go wahala if dem no change dis narrative. Dis whole matter dey show say di way wey authorities dey handle students no dey right at all.
Na wetin dey concern dem na di way police dey act like say dem be mini-army, dey oppress students wey just wan speak up. They say public universities no be military barracks, and students no be soldiers. Watin suppose be? Dem dey call for five points demand wey include immediate release of di students.
As we dey watch, we go see whether di cries of di students go get attention wey e deserve. We go continue to follow dis matter wey dey show how education and rights dey clash for di country. Nigeria, make dem hear our voice!
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