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The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has ordered the release of the detained Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma.
The governor, according to a statement issued on Tuesday in Benin City by his Chief Press Secretary, Dr. Patrick Ebojele, gave the directive during a meeting with the President of the Students Union Government (SUG), AAU.
He pointed out that the recent protest in the university was not organised by the students.
Okpebholo described the incident as a criminal act carried out by non-students hiding around the institution to foment trouble and extort law-abiding students.
He said: “Intelligence available to the Edo Government shows that the incident was orchestrated by a group identifying themselves as the Ambrose Alli Comrade Community.
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“These are people who are no longer students but are just hanging around the school, causing trouble and extorting students.
“We will put an end to that.”
Okpebholo assured the SUG leadership that any genuine students who may have been arrested in the course of restoring order would be identified and released without delay.
“For students who were probably arrested, we will look into it and get them released to the SUG President.
“That is a promise I made, and I will do it as quickly as possible. The protest was not theirs. In fact, it was not a protest at all; it was an avenue to loot,” he added.
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