Students of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, northcentral Nigeria, went on the rampage again Tuesday following the shooting of one of their colleagues, Ahmed Dayo, by a policeman escorting a bullion van belonging to one of thefirst generation banks on Monday.
While Dayo is receiving treatment at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, the students took to the streets Tuesday and burn the escort van attached to the state Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, while the school has been shut indefinitely.
The governor was on his way to the venue of a road project within Ilorin metropolis which he was to commission when the van was set ablaze by the irate students. The governor had to cancel the commissioning of the project.
The violent protest may scuttle plans to mark Wednesday’s Democracy Day, which also marks