The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has suspended its planned nationwide protest slated for June 12.
NANS President, Sunday Asefon, announced the suspension of the action in a statement, titled, ‘NANS Suspends June 12 Protest Over Concerns About Safety Of Protesters And Fear Of Possible Hijack By Politicians – Comrade Asefon’ on Friday morning.
Asefon said the planned protest was aimed at condemning the insecurity in the country, especially the serial abductions of students.
He, however, noted that some politicians with “different agenda” have perfected plans to hijack the protest to “ventilate their political opinions and sentiments”.
Asefon also said the students’ body was not connected with IPOB’s campaign or the ‘Buhari-must-go’ campaign slated to hold on Saturday by some politicians and activists.
He said, “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.
“The suspension of the protest is necessary to avoid a clash of interest and clash with security agencies that are on red alert to protect the nation’s infrastructure from security breaches on the proposed date as a result of many other protests slated for the date.
“We intend to protest for better security and improved welfare for our students, we must therefore not put the life of any of our students at risk to ventilate our grievances.”
He further stated that the protest was not cancelled but postponed, the new date would be announced for the demonstration.
