Students of Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic (ATAP) Bauchi and other institutions in Bauchi state on Tuesday embarked on a protest which later turned into violence and looting of public properties.
The other institutions are A.D. Rafai College for Legal and Islamic Studies Misau; Bauchi State College of Agriculture, Bauchi; Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare, and Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education, Kangere.”
The protesting students also blockaded the Bauchi-Jos Highway used by commuters from Adamawa, Borno, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe to Abuja for several hours.
Meanwhile, Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Mamman Sanda has reacted to the development through a Press Statement by SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer.
CP Umar Mamman Sanda condemned the violence that trailed the protest by the students.
The statement read in part: “Protesters took a toll on the Jos-Bauchi highway thereby attracting some miscreants and hoodlums and degenerated into a violent demonstration, including the smashing peoples’ vehicles, damaging properties, extortion of mobile phones and looting some shops situated opposite the school.”
“The students started throwing stones and other dangerous objects at the Police team which led to serious injuries to the Police officers. The violent protesters were eventually dispersed and normalcy was restored.” \
CP Sanda said despite an appeal to the students’ leader by a Police team led by the Area Commander Metro and a police anti-riot squad drafted to the scene yielded no positive result.
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