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UNIPORT Protest: Police Begin Investigation Of Student’s Death, VC Sympathises With Family

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The Rivers Police Command said on Tuesday that it had commenced investigation on the death of a student of the university of Port Harcourt during Monday’s students’ protest.
Mr Mobalaji Adesanya, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, disclosed this to newsmen after inspecting the scene of the protest at the university.
He said the police did not kill any student, neither did it use fire arms on the students during the protest.
“On the issue of fatality, for now, last night, there was a case of a body that was recovered but very far away from this area.  The corpse is currently at the mortuary ready for autopsy.

The police did not use fire arms on the students and we did not shoot any student,” he said.
Adesanya said policemen sent to the protest scene were given specific directives and did not enter the campus until 10.00p.m. at the invitation of the vice chancellor.
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ndowa Lale, expressed regret at the death of the student.
“On behalf of the Council, Senate and entire university community, we regret the loss of life and we sympathise with the family. We regret what has happened and for the injured too,” he said.
Lale said the protesting students damaged property of the institution and looted some school and staff belongings.
“In the circumstance we found ourselves, we had to shut down the school to maintain a certain degree of peace on campus. We will continue to assess the situation and when we think that we have sufficient peace on campus, we will reopen the school,” he said.

 

(NAN)

UNIPORT: No Life Was Lost During Students’ Protest – Police

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The Rivers Police Command on Monday denied that there were casualties during a protest by students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).

 

The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt.

 

He said that there was no casualty on the part of the police or students during the violent protest by the students over a “no tuition fee-no examination fee” policy introduced by the UNIPORT management.

 

“No student or policeman lost their lives during the UNIPORT protest.

“The policeman reported dead had nothing to do with UNIPORT, because the deceased policeman was shot dead by armed robbers in an isolated case.

“Similarly, no university student was killed to the best of my knowledge.

“All roads earlier blocked by the protesting students have been reopened by the police,” he said.

 

Muhammad said the police was cooperating with UNIPORT management to ensure that normalcy was restored on campus and host communities.

Earlier, UNIPORT’s Deputy Registrar (Information), Dr Williams Wodi, told NAN that two persons, including a policeman lost their lives in the violent protest.

The spokesman said the policeman was shot dead at a junction along the East West inter-state road, close to the university.

“Also, another person whose identity had not been confirmed was also shot dead on Monday during the protest which lasted for several hours,” Wodi said.

NAN reports that management of UNIPORT had announced the closure of the university for one month following the students’ protest over new tuition fee policy on Monday in Port Harcourt.

UNIPORT management had in 2015, adopted a policy which made tuition fee a prerequisite for students’ participation in examination, a policy which compelled defaulting students to repeat a whole academic session.

The protest which initially started on a peaceful note, later turned violent with students destroying school property worth millions of naira.

They demanded the withdrawal of the policy, which they argued, was unfair to poor students.

 

(NAN)

Students Shut Down UNIPORT Over New Fees Policy

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UNIVERSITY of Port Harcourt students have grounded academic activities in the institution over a new school fees policy introduced by the management.
The protesting students said they would not accept the school’s new policy of no fee no examination, adding that it was a means of mistreating the students.
The students who started protesting around 4:30am had blocked the East-West Road, stopping vehicular and human traffic.
The students said they would continue protesting until they were addressed by the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Sunday Lale.
As of when this report was filed, no representative from the institution had come to address the protesters.
It was learnt that the school was supposed to commence examinations today.
More to follow…
Source – Punchng.com

Lawmaker Disgraced For Allegedly Forging UNIPORT Certificate

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Following alleged forgery of University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) Certificate by one lawmaker representing Aba North State Constituency, Mr. Emeka Nnamani, the institution has through its Registrar disowned the lawmaker, Nnamani as a graduate of the University, saying he did not graduate.

The National and State Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Umuahia was told that Mr. Emeka Nnamani representing Aba North State Constituency allegedly forged a University of Port Harcourt certificate he submitted to INEC for the April 2015 elections.

Nnamani was also alleged to still be a member of the PDP in his home State, Enugu while he contested the election on the platform of APGA in Abia State where he resides.

These were the submissions of Dr. [Mrs.] Blessing Nwagba of the PDP who is challenging the election of Emeka Nnamani at the tribunal.

Meanwhile, the tribunal headed by Justice S. Yahuzu has admitted in evidence a letter from the Registrar of the University of Port Harcourt disowning Nnamani as a graduate of the University.