‘LASU crisis sponsored by fifth columnists’

 
… Eight students arraigned for breach of peace

Lagos State Government has said the crises rocking the Lagos State University are being fueled by fifth columnists bent on derailing government’s plans to reposition the school.

The enraged students of LASU had on Tuesday paralysed traffic on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway as they vehemently protested the hike in tuition fees.

The students demanded that the government should reduce the school fees from N390, 000 to N48, 500 or face their wrath.

Addressing journalists on the situation on Wednesday, the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy Mr. Aderemi Ibirogba and  his counterpart in the Ministry of  Transportation, Comrade Kayode Opeifa, said certain individual were hiding under the crises to cause  trouble in the state.

They explained that the government had before now reached an agreement with stakeholders on the way out of the lingering crisis, wondering why the crises had continued to escalate despite assurances from the government.

According to Ibirogba, the state government has put in place measures to ensure that no student of the institution is left behind for inability to pay the fees, saying the government had given so many of the students scholarships , bursary and increased research budget in the university.

Meanwhile, eight students of the institution were on Wednesday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court for breach of public peace.

The students made up of five males and three females were alleged to have conducted themselves in a manner likely to cause breach of public peace.

The male students are – Bolarinwa Olamide (23); Oludare Samuel Olayinka (18); Fatukasi Timilehin (19); Akani Segun (27) and Babatunde Bolarinwa (24).

While the female students are – Ajayi Taiwo (24); Olatimihan Taiwo (20) and Oni Victoria (18).

They   were arraigned before Magistrate Eniola Fabamwo.

The police alleged that the students on Tuesday hijacked LAGBUS No: P004 with the registration No SMK 719 XK, property of Lagos State Government.

The offence, the police said was contrary to and punishable under Section 166 (D) of the Criminal Laws No 11 Vol. 44 Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.

The students however pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The magistrates granted each of them bail in the sum of N10, 000 with sureties in like sum.
source: http://thenationonlineng.net/new/lasu-crisis-sponsored-fifth-columnists/

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