BREAKING NEWS UNIUYO Riot Ongoing, Student Reportedly Shot Dead

Trouble started on Wednesday afternoon when the students went on peaceful protest asking the university authorities to reverse its decision of increasing the transportation fare from the town campus to its permanent site at Nsukara Offot in the outskirts of Uyo from N100 to N200 per student per day..
On arrival at the Vice Chancellor’s office, the security officials there tried to stop the students from seeing the Vice Chancellor.
Things got out of hand, students were throwing stones at security, police was called in, the protest escalated into a riot.
The police who were supposed to come and calm the situation fired shots at the students, allegedly killed one, injured three. Supposed picture of the dead student is after the cut.
The students angrily set the office of the V.C on fire and destroyed school property.
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