The students of
University of Lagos (UNILAG), in continuation of their protest over the
renaming of their institution after Late M.K.O Abiola, disrupted traffic on the
3rd Mainland bridge, Lagos, this morning
A pregnant woman and many
workers on their way to work in Lagos Island were seen stranded on the bridge
with the protesting students blocking some sections of the road with seized BRT
buses.
The students marched from their main campus at Akoka, Yaba
through Herbert Macaulay Street to the Adekunle link on the bridge, demanding
the reversion to the original name of the university.
The students are also occupying areas in Alagomeji, Yaba, Sabo
and the University’s main gate. Few lecturers and Alumni of the school joined
the students in the protest.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, who led a
team of police officers to the scene of the protest, asked the students to
return to their campuses and stay calm until the government finds a solution to
the problem.
Although they said they had nothing against Abiola, who died on
July 7, 1998 while fighting to validate his June 12, 1993 presidential mandate,
they said UNILAG was not the most appropriate institution to be named after the
late politician.
