Ekiti State students overflow the school premises yesterday and distructed School's activities for several hours over 10,000 naira increment in late registration fee by the school authority.
The riot started at tthe school gate and wsa taken down the major streets in Ado Ekiti with different songs, disturbance, and a loud abuse over the increase in the late registration.
The students accused the school authority of making policies that are not favourable to
them. They called on the State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, to intervene as a matter of urgency.
However, as the protests went on, the police were reportedly left with no choice than to disperse the angry students with tear gas as it was the only option to control the situation.
The State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, while addressing the huge crowd, promised to revert the increment with immediate effect.
Violence had erupted in Ado Ekiti a week before this, following a disagreement between students of the Ekiti State University and bus drivers at Fajuyi Park in the state capital.
The disagreement was said to have degenerated to a shouting match, which attracted some policemen who began to shoot sporadically on arrival at the scene.
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