Following the violence that erupted on Monday, the Governing Council of the Federal Faculty of Training (Technical) Akoka, Lagos, has ordered an indefinite closure of the establishment.
The embattled provost, Dr. Wahab Azeez, observable the council’s resolution to PUNCH Metro all the way through a phone interview on Tuesday.
Recall that the continued management disaster escalated on Monday when movies emerged appearing protesting scholars vandalising the legitimate cars of the governing council individuals, who reportedly narrowly have shyed away from being bodily attacked.
In earlier interviews with PUNCH Metro, the scholars claimed that their protests have been in accordance with beggarly campus welfare and the remedy they gained from the provost.
A pupil, talking anonymously out of worry of victimisation, despatched a expression be aware to our correspondent claiming that cops “came and started shooting students.” The coed additional alleged that the varsity control had invited the police to the campus.
“During the meeting, they started throwing tear gas. The provost ordered them to throw tear gas and they arrested some staff (members). They were beating the staff (members),” he alleged.
In his defence, the embattled provost claimed in a distant interview with our correspondent that the protesting scholars have been being incited via group of workers individuals eyeing his place.
“Those students who are protesting are being instigated by those staff members eyeing my position. For the past five years since I was appointed as the Provost, I’ve never had an issue with students because I was a former Student Union leader and I know what the students want,” the provost advised PUNCH Metro. This declare, on the other hand, was once denied via each the scholars and a few group of workers individuals of the varsity.
To quell Monday’s violence and repair regulation and form, the condition police command arrested 32 suspects for allegedly attacking the Federal Executive inspection workforce.
Confirming the arrest by means of a publish on X.com, the condition police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated, “A workforce arrange via the Minister of Training arrived on the college lately (Monday) to mediate the continued deadlock. Alternatively, (the) group of workers (individuals) of the varsity aided via scholars attacked the workforce from Abuja, harmful over 5 cars and the Provost’s legitimate quarters.
“Now not executed, the rioting group of workers and scholars additionally prohibited all entrances out and in of the varsity. The police arrived on the scene and restored normalcy upcoming being attacked with stones and sachets of aqua via the rioters.
“Meanwhile, 32 suspects have been arrested while men of the Nigeria Police Force from Area Command, Surulere remain on (the) ground to ensure that the restored peace remains intact.”
Revealing the indefinite closure of the varsity, the provost mentioned that the governing council had initiated an investigation to decide the instances order the scholars’ violent rampage, which ended in feature wreck.
He stated, “The varsity has been close on account of the violent rampage of the scholars the previous day (Monday).
“The council continues to be at the farmland. They are going to make a decision what sequence of motion to rush in regards to the incident. The rampage needs to be probed as a result of they want to know the quick and faraway explanation for the disaster that ended in the vandalisation of faculty feature and amenities.
“They (the governing council) came to have the inaugural meeting of the council. Since the council was inaugurated, the college also elected its six members.”
Consistent with him, some faculty staffers have been in part answerable for the beggarly condition of the varsity upcoming they have been stated to have refused “the college to operate. They didn’t allow any administrative work to take place. They send the cleaners away from the hostel.”
The varsity is anticipated to stay closed till the investigation is concluded.