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From Jude Chinedu, Enugu
Over 50 students of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) have been arrested by the men of the state police command.
The Students Union Government (SUG) President of the institution, Donatus Okolieuwa, disclosed this on Saturday.
He said that the students were picked up by the anti-cult squad on Friday evening on the university campus.
Okolieuwa who described the arrest of the students as detestable and condemnable, appealed to Governor Peter Mbah to wade into the matter to enable the affected students regain their freedom.
“We, therefore, call on our kind-hearted Governor, His Excellency, Dr Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, to intervene in this matter, and use his good offices to facilitate the release of our students. Our students should not be subjected to torture, inhuman and degrading punishment for no just cause.”
Asked how the incident took place, the SUG President said: “While I was at students’ meeting at Dragon Relaxation Centre, 82 Division, Enugu, a student called and told me that between 5pm and 6pm, armed men invaded the school cafeteria with two Hilux vans and one Siena bus, and released gunshots in the air.
“They humiliated our students including the females whom they later released after seizing their phones and power banks. Then they moved away with every other male student there.”
