Nigerian students have every right to protest – Group

Nigerian students have every right to protest – Group

Students under the aegis of a civil rights movement, Students Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike, have insisted that Nigerian students have constitutional rights to protest while alleging plans by the Department of State Services to turn its protests planned against the fee hike by schools slated for Wednesday, September 6, into an arena of violence, and a theater of war.

Speaking in an interview with pressmen, one of the leaders of the coalition, Olorunfemi Adeyeye, alleged that the DSS is infamous for lawlessness and an inclination to incite chaos.

According to report the DSS had in a statement yesterday, accused Nigerian students of planning a nationwide protest against exponential increment in their school fees, of mobilizing for a violent protest.

DSS further alleged that it uncovered plans by the youths to stage violent protests to discredit the Federal Government and security agencies over “different socio-economic matters”.