The Rivers State government has placed a ban on all student union activities in the State’s owned Polytechnic, Bori in Khana Local Government Area.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Student Affairs, Osika Tamuno revealed this in an interview with Dailypost, following violent protest at the institution last week.
While condemning the riot by some students in the campus, Tamuno stressed that the ban would remain until investigations are concluded
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Student Affairs also dismissed rumours that a student was killed during the violent protest, where property worth millions of naira were destroyed.
Asika said: “The two ICT centres provided by TETFUND and ETF were utterly destroyed, vandalized and looted. Computers and other important property were also carted away.
“They destroyed anything they cannot carry.
“Government condemn the act in its totality and we will not rest until the perpetrators are brought to book.
“I have also established contact with the student that was rumoured had died. The said student is not dead. The police actually released him. I have talked with the student. We heard that he is in a hospital in Port Harcourt.
“Government is now sounding it loud and clear that all student related activities in the Rivers state Polytechnic be suspended until further notice.”
Following this development, some students from Rivers South-East called on the Commissioner of Police to investigate the riot at the Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori.
The Rivers South East Students Association made the call with a view to avoid a negative precedence in the institution.
The Students body also commended Ogoni leaders for coming together to make a common demand for the 2015 governorship election under the Ogoni Leadership Forum.
The Coordinator of the Association, Legborsi Yamaabana said students of Rivers South-East were in support of the call on all political parties to adopt Ogoni governorship candidates for the election next year.
Similarly, an Ogoni rights activist, Celestine Akpobari has faulted the response by the police to the crisis in the State Polytechnic.
Akpobari said it was wrong for the police to use maximum force against the protesting students whom he said were not armed.
Akpobari also hinted that some concerned individuals in the state have initiated efforts to ensure justice in the matter.