TARABA UPDATE: 53rd INDEPENDENT ANNIVERSAY…POLICE DISPERSE PUPILS, STUDENTS FROM STADIUM IN JALINGO The 53rd Independent anniversary in Taraba state turns dramatic as pupils from primary schools and their counterparts in secondary schools on Tuesday October 1st, went home disappointed following disperse on them by men of the police force. Expectedly as earlier as 8:00am anxious school children had left their various homes on long trek but to their greatest surprise, only to meet the “Jolly Nyame Stadium Complex” venue of the event completely under locked and chains with police and other security men surrounded the nooks and crannies of the complex. Efforts by school children to gain access to the stadium did not yield any success as security on board warned them to stay clear from the arena or risk arrest. However the Nigerian Tribune who visited the stadium reports that hundreds of school children were stranded outside, contemplating weather to hold forth or return home. Also a peep by the Nigerian Tribune in other social activities and spots such as, Jalingo Trade Fair complex located around state secretariat, “Afolaham Square” then old Jalingo stadium and NYSC temporary orientation camp also situated at government Day secondary school Jalingo were deserted as no single child or student was found within the environment. Some of the students who spoke to the Nigerian Tribune in Jalingo at Jolly Nyame complex arena expressed dismay over attitude of the police on them. According to one master Samuel Iliya, a JSS 3 student of one of the secondary schools in Jalingo said they were surprised the way and manner police chased them away from the gate, saying “if I had such knowledge before today, I don’t think I would have left my parent’s house this morning to Stadium”, he said. Though the 53rd independent anniversary celebration in the state was in low-key but the students insisted that a match past should have taken place hence the date. Contacted the police public relation officer PPRO in the state ASP Joseph Kwaji told the Nigerian Tribune on telephone that his office was not aware of the development and cannot comment on the issue he has no knowledge about. Although further investigation by the Nigerian Tribune revealed that the political tension in the state and the recent killing of students from college of Agriculture Yobe might contributed in putting off the celebration in Taraba state. END
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 08:14:32 +0000
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