2 Students Of FIDEI Poly, Gboko, Benue State, Killed During Protest

FIDEI Polytechnic, owned by Rev. Fr. Chris Utov of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, was, today, shut down indefinitely, following the alleged killing of two students, by the police. Properties belonging to the institution were also destroyed during the crisis. .

The crisis, according to a source, was as a result of the decision of the school authorities to continue with examinations while some students were on the queue to summit bank teller in exchange of school receipt.

It was learnt that the students pleaded with the school authorities that since they had paid their school fess in the bank and had their tellers, they should be allowed to sit for the examination and later summit the tellers, but the school authorities refused.

However, when the queue was not moving fast enough and examination was going on, the atmosphere became charged and riots broke out, leading to the death of the students. Fellow students however regrouped to destroy some properties of the institution.