The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said it has nothing to do with the protest planned by the alleged SouthWest Zone D chapter of the association over the recent hike in fuel pump price and electricity tariff.
Mr Azeez Adeyemi, the National Public Relations Officer disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
Describing the Kappo Olawale -led group has impostors, he noted that the students had given the Federal government a five-day ultimatum to reverse the hike in the prices of fuel and electricity tariff.
He also said that the group had threatened to shut down the southwest states in a mass protest on Monday if the government failed to reverse the prices.
Adeyemi stated that this group of students was not recognised by the national leadership of the students’ umbrella body.
“The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) wishes to inform the general public that it is not part of any planned protest by a group of impostors who called themselves NANS SouthWest zone D, led by one Kappo Samuel Olawale.
“We want to put on record that the umbrella body does not recognised the Olawale – led group and would not in any way be held responsible for their actions.
“This group of individuals are not authourised to carry out any protest in the name of NANS and we want to call on security agencies to be alive to their responsibility and arrest anyone caught during the planned protest,” he said.
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