Police disperse protesting students with tear gas

Date: 2018-08-13

Policemen on Monday dispersed protesting students of the College of Education Ilorin, Kwara state with tear gas.

The students, who alleged that their lecturers were being owed six months pay by the Kwara State Government said the situation had denied them the opportunity to commence their semester examination.

The students started their protest from their school premises, matched through Ibrahim Taiwo road, Unity area and were heading to the Government House to lodge their complaints before their path was blocked by policemen at Unity Roundabout.

Police shot tear gas to disperse them. The students ran for their dear lives. Businesses along the road hurriedly locked their doors.

Many people including bank employees and our correspondent inhaled the tear gas and suffered the resulting inconvenience.

The command's Public Relations Officer, Mr. Okasanmi Ajayi told our correspondent that he was in a meeting. He added that the matter would be addressed.

The students who are supposed to start their semester exams on Monday (this morning) were unable to do so, as their lecturers embarked on a strike over non-payment of their salaries by the Kwara State Government.

The students embarked on the protest carrying placards with various inscriptions such as "Pay our lecturers."

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

IF-K     Belgore     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     International Vocational Centre     Oniwa     2023 Elections     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Ayekale     Agor Market     Abdulkareem Alabi     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Babajide Ajayi     Elections     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Micheal Imoudu     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Mohammed Abduraheem     Amusement Park     Ilorin East     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Mukhtar Shagaya     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Akanbi-Oke     Hijab     Ibrahim Gambari     Muhammadu Gobir     NIPR     Aliyu Muhammed     Amos Justus Sayo     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Yeketi     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Naira Redesign     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Garba Ado Sanni     James Kolo     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Toyin Falola     Salman Suleiman     Smart School     Edu     IYA YUSUF     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Omupo     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Share-Tsaragi     Kwabes     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     MAI Akande     Ayinde Oyepitan     Turaki     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Share     IHS Towers     Benin Republic     Cornelius Adebayo     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Admiralty Villa     Agboola Babatunde     Gobir Organization Foundation     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Maigida Soludero Transit     Ali Ahmad     CBT     Ebola     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Lanre Olosunde     Taofeek Sanusi     A.O. Belgore     Omu Aran     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Moses Salami     Ishola Abdullahi     National Pilot     Oba Abdulrahim     Twitter     Baba Issa Awoye     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Salaudeen Oyewale     Abubakar Imam     Doyin Agbamu     Kumbi Titiloye     2023 Elections     Gobir Organization Foundation     Olatunji Ayeni     Aliyu Umar     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Harmony Holdings     Durbar     Amada Jidda     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Kanu Agabi     Ridwan Agboola     Isiaq Khadeejah     Afonja Descendants Union     YAKOOYO     Public Holiday     Olupako     JUSUN     Cassava Growers\' Association     Prince Bola Ajibola     Owo Isowo     SWAN     Doyin Group     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Idiagbon     Islamic Development Bank     Babata     National Party Of Nigeria     Aremu Bose Deborah     Salman Suleiman     20 Billion Bond     Baboko     LABTOP     Henry Makinwa     Durosinlohun Atiku     Christopher Odetunde     GANZY     Admiralty Villa     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Niyi Osundare     High Court     Aliyu Muyideen     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Lawal Jimoh     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Mohammed Ibrahim     Kwarareports     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Okasanmi Ajayi     Bamikole Omishore     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Moshood Mustapha     Alapansapa     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Onilu     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Dan Masanin     Muazam Nayaya     National Broadcasting Commission     Unilorin     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Yunus Lawal     Anilelerin