Men of the Department of Security Services, Police force and some Nigerian Students on Saturday engaged in a gun battle at the ongoing national convention of thstudents in Abuja.
It was gathered that security agents also arrested a student from University of Abuja in possession of guns and other weapons.
Students across the nation on Saturday converged at the Old Parade Ground in the capital city, in order to elect new leaders for 2016/2017 but there were reports that ‘hooligans’ have concluded plans to hijack the convention and turn it to a ‘battle ground’.
During the accreditation, at about 5:50pm, when our correspondent visited the venue of the convention, two guns and other weapons were recovered from some students.
The head of Security agents at the venue said it is important to ‘engage some acclaimed students who are originally cultists in gun battle because of their readiness to cause mayhem.’
It was also gathered that one of the aspirants, identified as Comrade IGWE UDE-UMANTA was attacked by hooligans. He suffered severe injuries and is presently receiving treatment.
One of the persons at the convention who opted to stay anonymous had this to say :
"I am shocked, NANS is still living with the violence it has been known for. In Gombe, Violence occurred, the same occurred in Abuja. The funny thing is the attack on Com. IGWE, one of the leading presidential aspirant in the election. "
igwe-ude umanta
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