"In the wake of the violent protest by some affected of Lagos State University(LASU)over the closure of the University portal for registration of courses for rain semester 2012/2013 examinations, the University management has decided to shut down the University indefinetly. Also, examinations have been put off till further notice.
with this decision, students of the University are expected to vacate the University premises until further notice."
Lagos State University students today went on the rampage disrupting the university’s second semester examination and destroying properties in the process.
The protest which started Wednesday over the closure of the university’s registration portal, led to stoning of the University Vice Chancellor Prof. John Obafunwa, as he tried to evade the riotous students who had blocked the main gate and made bonfires on the Lagos-Badagry expressway.
An eye witness told P.M.NEWS Thursday that students threw sticks and stones at the Vice Chancellor’s convoy as he made to escape through an alternative route beside Conoil Filling station.
Trouble started in the university when the VC decided not to open the registration portal for over 2,000 students who are yet to register their second semester coursesas exams was to begin Thursday, even though the banks are still collecting school fees from students, whose hope of registering gets slimmer by the day.
When the students union government went to plead on behalf of the students, the VC was reported as saying those yet to register are insignificant and would automatically have to carry the session over, a statement which infuriated the students and they decided to take laws into their hands.
see the riot pictures after the cut
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