Security operatives on Friday took over the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, to stop planned protest by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).
NANS had planned a massive protest against the continued strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
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In a statement last week, the coordinator, NANS Zone F (Southeast), Comr. Onyia Ibeabuchi Moses, condemned the prolonged ASUU strike, saying, “We will no longer keep quiet nor pretend all is well because we are no longer at ease.
“We want the federal government to know that their plans of keeping Nigerian students idly at home so that they can be used as willing tools, thugs and underdogs in the forthcoming general elections is dead on arrival. We vehemently refuse to be the devil’s workshop.
“Unequivocally and in unison, we say a big no to this extension and by the virtue of this press release notify the Government of Nigeria, ASUU, security agencies and masses of our stand and position.”
However, reports said there was heavy presence of security operatives at the main gates of the airport, as well as he NNPC Junction, Abakaliki Road, Emene Enugu.
The security operatives were said to have occupied the venues as early as 7am on Friday.
The students had been mobilising on social media platforms after the expiration of the nine-day ultimatum for the federal government and the ASUU to resolve the matter, as the organisers had through flyers said that the event would begin by 9am .
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