The Nasarawa State Polytechnic (NASPOLY),
Lafia, students has lamented what they described as incessant unlawful
arrests by the Police under the pretence of curbing incessant cult
clashes in the institution and its environs.
Reports showed that about 25 students,
among whom were four ladies, were arrested last Friday night by police
from Area Command in Lafia and detained till evening on Saturday,
thereby denying them the chance to write their examination on that
fateful day.
It was gathered that those who were able
to pay their way through regained their freedom while those had no
money now have to face a carryover.
One of the victims, Daniel, surname
withheld, said “we were coming out of school premises after we finished
reading because we have examination on Saturday. As we were coming out,
very close to school gate, we were intercepted by police. They didn’t
ask us any question, what they said was that, everybody should enter
their Hilux van”.
“As we got to the station, they said we
were arrested for late hour. They searched us and discovered nothing yet
refused to let us go even when we pleaded with them that we had
examination the next day” he lamented.
Another victim, who did not want his
name in print, told our reporter that: “If they arrest you, they will
delegate someone among them to ask if you have anything to settle the
leader of the team, so as to regain your freedom”.
When contacted on phone in Lafia, the
state capital, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), a Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP), Ugochukwu Theodore confirmed the arrest,
saying they were later released the following day after the
interrogations.
Source: Leadership Newspaper
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