NANS Convention in Abuja Turns Bloody, Many Injured.
It has been reported that heavy gunshots on Thursday rocked the national convention of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), in Abuja.
CAMPUS GIST reports that the convention is holding at the Old Parade ground, Area 10, Garki, Abuja.
The student leaders are meeting to elect a new set of executives to pilot the affairs of the Union for the next one year.
The outgoing president, who was recently suspended, Danielson Bamidele Akpan, held on to the office for over two years refusing to hand over power.
Trouble was said to have started on Thursday as a coordinator of the NANS from one of the zones with faction, brought in armed men as accreditation was on.
Upon arrival, CAMPUS GIST gathered that the armed suspected cultists engaged the men of the Department of State Security (DSS) on ground in gun battle.
Some of the DSS officials were said to have taken to their heels and retreated as they were almost outnumbered by the armed cultists.
Over 20 persons were said to have been injured, with one in danger zone taken to the nearest hospital. Normalcy later retired past 11 midnight as the student leaders returned to the venue to continue the election.
An official of the NANS Convention Planning Committee (CPC), Adamu Kabir, in a tweet sighted by CAMPUS GIST Thursday night, described the gun battle as “normal” in NANS.
“This sporadic shooting is an annual ritual that must be observed in order to test the ruggedity of candidates contesting for NANS presidency,” Kabir, better knowns as Karoll, said.
He claimed the ruling All Progressives Congress and the presidency sponsored a particular presidential candidate and providing him security cover to intimidate others.
The student leader also accused a second term governor of the ruling party from the South West region, of trying to hijack the processes with huge sum of money over his interest on a presidential candidate (names withheld)
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