Update on FUOYE SAGA: by NANS ZONE D (SOUTH WEST)
Tell No Lies And Claim No Easy Victory ! ~ Amical Cabral.
Following the protest staged by the Federal University of Oye Ekiti Students on September 10th, 2019 to drive home their displeasure about the total black out of their academic environment and the eventual sad loss of two of our students and injury to many as a result of the protest, the NANS ZONE D was on ground yesterday Thursday September 12th, 2019 for the on spot assessment and held an all inclusive meeting with the concern students and Stakeholders in Ekiti State.
Amongst the participants of the said meeting in order of priority are The Students Union President of Federal University of Oye Ekiti “FUOYE” and the CHAIRMAN NANS EKITI JCC Executives i.e Secretary, P.R.O, Vice Chairman, Director Action and Mobilization and others). With the following persons in no particular order ; The Students Union President of COE Ikere Ekiti, Students Union President Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, The Vice President National Association of University Students, The National President of Federation of Ekiti State Students, The NANS National Vice President, Comrade Ojo immunity, Comrade Famuyibo Captain former NANS Deputy Senate President, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti former Students Union President and hosts of stakeholders and students.
In between our cerebral juxtaposing, we rose to leave for Usi Ekiti where we went to pay our last respect to one of the deceased, the late Comrade KEHINDE of FUOYE {May his soul Rest In Peace }, We pay a condolences visit to the family in their house and we went to the Federal Medical Center, Ido OSI, Ekiti from there we returned to Fajuyi Park to continue our meeting.
After all said and done, arguments here and there, but most importantly, on the account of the FUOYE Union President who gave us an on ground information of what went down and how it happened on the day of the incident as he had earlier narrated to Punch Newspaper as published yesterday 12th of September, 2019 and contributions from virtually everybody present at the said meeting, the Ekiti Students agreed thus:,
1. We condemn in the strongest possible term the gruesome killings of the two students who lost their lives in the saga from the hands of reckless police men, and pray to God to give the family of the departed the fortitude to bear the loss.
2. The Nigerian Police Force should release one of our students, who was arrested yesterday evening on this course and stop any further act of intimidations.
3. We demand for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the police officers involved in the killings in the interest of justice.
4. We implore the IGP to reform and reorient his men on the rules of engagement with students and the society at large in a democratic environment.
5. We demand that Ekiti State Government should take up all expenses of those injured and as well as compensate the family of the deceased.
6. We call on the State government to set up a judicial panel of enquiry to investigate the needless killings and barbaric show of force by the police and recommend appropriate sanctions as well as means of preventing future occurrence.
7. We demand for immediate restoration of electricity and provision of transformers not only to FUOYE but back to all the tertiary institutions in Ekiti State, “which was the primary cause of the entire unfortunate incidence”.
8. The proscription of the students union was done too hastily and was needless as well , we call on the FUOYE university management to immediately rescind this proscription order of the students union as this will be the first step in ensuring that peace returns to the university
9. All seized property of both the union and students should be released.
We hope to get quick and favourable response on these demands within the next 5 working days, we shall not hesitate to move down the secretariat of the zone to Ekiti and roll out our arsenal of agitation if these demands are not met.
The above was collectively agreed upon by all & we are to address the Press today 13th September, 2019 as such.
To the Naysayers who for Political reasons outside the scope of genuine Students interest have different thoughts; to those who wants to use this crisis and the death of our colleagues to score political points which include those insisting that the wife of Ekiti state governor ordered the killings of our colleagues contrary to all genuine reports on the ground and more specifically to those who may wants to rescind on our spirit of collectivity and camaraderie, WE WISH THEM WHAT BEFELL THOSE TWO STUDENTS WHOSE LIVE WAS LOST IN THE FUOYE SAGA.
On a final note, There’s one too many killings and bloodshed associated with this saga already, the tension is high and the people aggrieved, hence our resolve to the above approach to avoid further deaths of either the Students, passersby or security operatives or even more destruction of property.
Hence, our approach to provide this kind of Leadership at this delicate time!
The entire Students body in South West send our condolences to the family of the deceased, the FUOYE community and Ekiti NANS JCC leadership over this avoidable death.
May we never record this kind of death again. Mayan!!!
Signed:
Comrade ADEKITAN LUKMAN TUNICE (SANS)
NANS ZONE D CORDINATOR
