13 UNILAG students arraigned before special court over disruption of activities at TVC

THIRTEEN students of the University of Lagos have been arraigned before a Special Offences Mobile Court in Oshodi, Lagos, for unlawful invasion of TVC television.

The accused are: Femi Adeyeye, Toni Aina, Kodri Yaya, Asimi Oladime, Ismahim Olalekan, Segun Okesola, Abdulazeez Soneye, Idris Abogunloko, Muyiwa Olaniyi,  Toheed Oladimeji, Joseph Akanni, Lukumon Olusegun, and Abiodun Agbeniyi.

It was gathered that the students, were protesting the rustication for two semesters of a visually-impaired student, Lawrence Success, for criticising the institution’s management. The students pleaded not guilty to the charges when arraigned in a Lagos court on Saturday.

Mr Adeyeye is currently serving a four-semester rustication, handed down by the university last year, over a Facebook post criticising the school’s management. They were arrested on Friday and charged to a mobile court on Saturday.

The magistrate, P. Nwaka ordered their remand at Kirikiri Prison pending their bail application and adjourned the case to April 6, for determination of their bail.

According to the police, the accused had engaged in a riotous invasion of TVC television station in Lagos, protesting the alleged rustication of one of their students.

The students also invaded the main campus of the University of Lagos, Akoka, and had disrupted normal activities in the institution.

The offences contravenes the provisions of section 168 (1) (d), and section 2 of the Criminal Law, Laws of Lagos State, 2015‎.