The Edo State Government, on Tuesday, began moves to secure the release of bona fide students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, who were remanded at the Ubiaja Correctional Centre over their alleged involvement in a protest against incessant kidnappings in the community, which later turned violent.\n<\/p>\n
The students were among 52 persons arrested and subsequently remanded at the correctional facility on Monday.\n<\/p>\n
Governor Monday Okpebholo deployed the Edo State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Paddy Iyamu, to facilitate the release of the students.\n<\/p>\n
Speaking to journalists at the Ubiaja Correctional Centre, Iyamu said bona fide AAU students would regain their freedom once all necessary processes were completed.<\/p>\n
He said last week\u2019s violent protest in Ekpoma was orchestrated by a group identified as the Comrade Association.\n<\/p>\n
Iyamu noted that the Comrade Association is made up of former students who seize every opportunity to cause mayhem. <\/p>\n
He said, \u201cThere is a lot of misinformation going on, especially on social media. I wonder how a protest will occur without the authorisation of the Student Union Government. The school is not in session, and the students were not involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a group tagged the \u2018Comrade Association\u2019 that co-opts students to carry out these dastardly acts. There was no letter written to the security agencies about any protest.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are ex-students of the university looking for an opportunity to latch onto any problem and cause mayhem. They went to the house of the traditional ruler and took Indomie and other items.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThat character does not depict that of Edo students. Governor Monday Okpebholo has said that any bona fide students will be released and walk home free.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the President of the AAU Students\u2019 Union Government, Osadebamwen Ehizojie, commended the governor for taking steps to ensure the release of the students.\n<\/p>\n
He said AAU students did not initiate the protest, adding that it was hijacked by hoodlums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edo State Government, on Tuesday, began moves to secure the release of bona fide students of Ambrose…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[13254,13255,13256,13257,13258,8480,13259,2802,13260,13261,122,13262,13263,13264,13265],"class_list":{"0":"post-21302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nigeria","8":"tag-aau-ekpoma","9":"tag-ambrose-alli-university","10":"tag-community-safety","11":"tag-detained-students","12":"tag-dr-paddy-iyamu","13":"tag-edo-state","14":"tag-ekpoma","15":"tag-kidnapping","16":"tag-kidnapping-protest","17":"tag-monday-okpebholo","18":"tag-nigeria","19":"tag-student-protest","20":"tag-student-release","21":"tag-student-union-government","22":"tag-ubiaja-correctional-centre"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}