Nigeria: Police Harassment Increases at Sabo Divisional Headquarters

The Nigeria Police Force, Sabo Divisional Headquarters has developed a nauseous knack for harassing citizens and peace-loving Nigerians. The Police headquarters has taken on slapping as a new mode of intimidation and harassment.

The first case of harassment occurred at the entrance of University of Lagos when a student was arrested by a supposed police officer with no uniform on. He was molested and brutally harassed after being alleged of collecting cash from a girl for admission.

While proving the officer's acts as being wrong, he was dragged to the Security Post of University of Lagos. From there, the Security men allowed him to be taken away without due hearing.

Upon getting to the police station, the friends of the arrested tried to establish the cause of arrest and confirm the next line of action but the police in their characteristic cunning and crafty manner avoided all questions relating to any positive resolution.

One of the friends of the arrested boldly made it known that their friend must not be kept for more than 24 hours at the station. This angered the policemen and the young man was beaten and slapped brutally.

Another incidence of slaps occurred when another student of University of Lagos with her friends were harassed at Sabo. She was walking with her friends including a Flying Officer of the Nigerian Airforce when a police officer broke traffic rule in disobedience of traffic control light.

The young lady nearly escaped being hit and she complained. The police officer came down and said nothing other than to slap her. The Flying Officer went to the scene to try and question the policemen but before they could say Jack Robinson, they have all been dragged and packed to the police station.

At the station, the policemen said they will spray all of them with no accountability for their souls and dead bodies. All the police officers on duty without any knowledge of what happened were humming this statement. Later, the Flying Officer was apologised to after knowing who he is. How about others molested, intimated and harassed?

Nigeria Police Force has complete colonial orientation. It is the headquarters of criminals. They are never willing to end human rights abuses.

New Convocation Dates for University of Lagos: Jonathan Becomes Perplexed

With series of meetings and close door activities over the postponement of the heroic Golden Jubilee Convocation Ceremonies, the authority of the University of Lagos has set new dates for the ceremonies. The dates are 7^th, 8^th and 9^th of February, 2013. Presenting the dates to the President, the authority gave him alternatives of choosing either towards the tail end of January or early February and he chose the afforementioned dates.

The fiasco over the change of nomenclature from University of Lagos (UNILAG) to Moshood Abiola University (MAULAG) was buried with the rejection of the bill by the House of Representatives. With the throwing out of such move, the President has no other alternative than to accept that the institution must remain what it is, in deed and in truth.

The main headache of the Presidency is no longer to hold the convocation, it is now whether President Jonathan will attend or not. Information from a reliable source stated that the Presidency is really very worried over his attedance because of irate students. Out of the three days scheduled for the events, President Jonathan is likely to be present by the weekend when most activities have been concluded and students will be scanty.

The representative of the President while speaking to officials in the school downplayed the name-change saying it was just an honour for a virile Nigerian, Moshood Abiola, and that the President had no ulterior motive. The President himself was reported to have communicated such to the University after his defeat. The authority wants his presence so he can with his own mouth mention the University's name in deed and in truth.

The President was playing, malingering and meadering because he knew the University Council will soon be dissolved so his calculation was to use that as a medium of delay but the University authority took him back to history that the University had had a convocation ceremony without the Council in a known distant past and that still serve as a reference and precedent.

Two historical events will also be happening at the ceremonies, for the first time in the history of University of Lagos, the Vice Chancellor will be inaugurated. The known procedure before is for the VC to be elected and work begins but now, the precedent of official inauguration is to be laid. Moreso, the new Pro-chancellor of the University, Jerry Gana will be inaugurated. The events are specially constituted to honour the renowed, amiable and dedicated Vice Chancellor, Professor Adetokunbo Babatunde Shofoluwe of blessed memory. The university still waits for the appointment of a new Chancellor after the demise of the erstwhile Chancellor, the Attah of Igala.

The defeat of the President over the change of nomenclature is a sign that reasoning backed up with action will go a long way in checkmating the nefarious and obnoxious activities of the worms called leaders in Nigeria nay Africa. All the citizens must do especially those in the academics is to stand and defend the future.

Convocation postponed in University of Lagos

          

The imbroglio between the Federal Government and the Senate of the University of Lagos took a dynamic turn with the recent memo in circulation among officials of the University that the Golden Jubilee Convocation Ceremonies slated for Thursday, Friday and Saturday; January 17th, 18th and 19th respectively will no longer be held due to the intransigence of the Jonathan-led administration. The administration reveals that unless the name is changed to MAULAG (Moshood Abiola University), there will be no signing of any convocation ceremony.