JUST IN: NANS Suspends June 12 Protest
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called off a statewide protest scheduled on June 12th.
Sunday Asefon, the president of NANS, made the announcement in a statement released on Friday morning.
Remember that NANS proclaimed June 12, 2021, as a day of protest earlier this month.
The statement which was titled, ‘NANS Suspends June 12 Protest Over Concerns About Safety Of Protesters And Fear Of Possible Hijack By Politicians – Comrade Sunday Asefon,’ partly read, “Having considered the current security realities and the danger to the lives of our members in case of possible hijack of the planned protest, I in consultation with all the structures of NANS, therefore, announce the suspension of our proposed protest for June 12.”
It went on to say that the protest had to be halted in order to avoid a conflict of interest and a collision with security forces as a result of the numerous other protests scheduled for the same day.
The protest was halted for the safety of students, according to the statement, and it did not want to jeopardize the lives of any of the students.
