Police deploy officers to UNILAG as students protest fee hike

The police command in Lagos State has deployed its men to the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as students protested against an increase in their school fees.

In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the deployment on Wednesday, 13th September, 2023.

He said that the policemen were deployed to maintain law and order.

“The policemen were only posted to the campus to maintain peace and order.

“They are not meant to restrict movement in and out of the school. People are going in and coming out freely,” he said.

According to Hundeyin, the students and the school administration were discussing the fee hike and collaborating to ensure everyone would be happy with the outcome.

Recall that  the National Association of Nigerian Students Joint Campus Council (NANS JCC), Lagos State Chapter, suspended its planned protest against an increase in UNILAG school fees due to intervention by the state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Idowu Owohunwa, on Aug. 8

According to Hundeyin, the commissioner met with the students’ leaders over the planned protest and assured them that he would meet with the university’s vice-chancellor to discuss their grievances.

“One of the students (name withheld) in the delegation, who is an indigent student, was given a scholarship by the CP throughout his university education.

“Based on this and others, the students’ leaders agreed to suspend the protest,” he said. (NAN)

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