Students of Government Science School, Lafia on Monday took to the streets to protest the killing of one of their colleagues, allegedly by a family member of a senior government official.
The students , who held green leaves
and placards with various inscriptions , marched from the school to the Government House , Lafia , a distance of five kilometres.
It took the intervention of the
Commissioner for Education , Tijjani
Ahmed , and the police, to calm down the enraged students and persuade them to return to the school.
Addressing the students , Ahmed
appealed to them to remain calm and assured them that the culprit would be brought to book.
“ Since the accident happened around 8 p.m . on Sunday, both the management of the school and the state government have not rested.
“ Already, the governor has constituted a committee that will meet with the family of the deceased, to commence burial arrangements, ” he said.
The deceased, whose name was given as Amos Ovey , was killed by a speeding car when he stepped out of the premises to buy batteries for his torch light.
Confirming the incident , Mr Maikudi
Shehu , Police Area Commandant in
charge of Lafia Area Command , said
that the driver of the car was currently in detention.
“ The driver and the car are in police
custody ; we want to assure members of the public that we shall dig into the matter and deal with whoever is involved , no matter his position in the society, ” he said.
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