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 our correspondent on Monday, one of the leaders of the coalition, Olorunfemi Adeyeye, said the “DSS is notorious for lawlessness and an inclination to incite chaos.”
NEWSMEN reported that the DSS had in a statement on Monday, accused Nigerian students planning a nationwide protest against exponential increment in their school fees, of mobilizing for a violent protest.
The secret police further alleged that it uncovered plans by the youths to stage violent protests to discredit the Federal Government and security agencies over “sundry socio-economic matters”.
The DSS Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, alleged on Monday, in an official correspondence.
Afunanya said, “Intelligence reports have indicated that the plotters include certain politicians who are desperately mobilising unsuspecting student leaders, ethnic-based associations, youth and disgruntled groups for the planned action. Meanwhile, the Service has identified the ring leaders of the plot as well as sustained monitoring around them in order to deter them from plunging the country into anarchy.
