Two killed, as UNIPORT students protest fee payment

Two people were feared dead as Uniport students stage a protest against the school new law that school fees must be paid before they are allowed to write their first semester examinations...
 
One of the students hit by the stray bullet from the police identified as Peter Ofurun,died instantly on the spot , while another student who was hit by another bullet was rushed to the hospital,but she died on the way to the hospital.
 
Ofurun before his untimely death was a student in the faculty of Management Science, His corpse was later taken to the African Independent Television station in Port Harcourt.

The UNIPORT students protest had halted academic and administrative activities in the institution as they are demanding that the Vice Chancellor, Prof Sunday Lale, should address them and reverse the policy. It was gathered that the students had come out from their hostels at about 4.30am to express their grievances over the stance of the UNIPORT decisions to shut them out from taking their first semester examinations because of non-payment of the fees. Affected students,according to a source, will also be made to carry over the courses.

But the protesting students described the policy as a way of victimization, adding that the economy of the country was affecting them as they were unable to pay their fees immediately. We have pleaded with the management of our school on several occasion to extend the deadline for the payment of the school fees to second semester,but they refused.

Meanwhile, the Senate of the university has shut down the institution with immediate effect. All students have been directed to vacate their hostels accommodation before 6pm(Monday). Students union and all their affiliate bodies have been suspended with immediate effect.The closure will last for one month.