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| Photo Credit: CrossRiverWatch |
Students of Cross River College Of Education, Akamkpa stones SUG and pours water on provost during protest after another fire Outbreak rocks their hostel.
About 3 weeks since the first outbreak occurs in the students hostel, another one came up on the 13th of June, 2016 inside the same source during midnight.
The next day being 14th June, the hostel dweller (both male and female) teamed up and staged a protest.
According to crossriverwatch.com, during the protest, the angry students locked the school gate preventing anyone from entering until the provost, Dr. Ejue James and some management team arrived the scene.
As a result, Dr. Ejue, lecturers, and staff of the college and other students were not allowed in, cars were parked outside, after which the Provost lead the team trekking from the school gate to the open pavilion where the angry students poured water on him.
The euphoric students were seen jubilating and singing, “Provost promise and fail, lie lie Provost, you ate our money.”
Also while trying to calm the situation, the Students Union Government President of the College, Oben Bassey was stoned and prevented from talking.
The Provost in his address vowed to fix the hostel as soon as possible, as he expressed dismay with the water poured him.