Mr. Khaleel Umar Al-Makura, the son
of Nasarawa state governor Umar Al-Makura, has been arrested over the killing
of a student, Ovye Amos of Government Secondary School, Lafia. The killing of
Amos in a road accident on Monday night had sparked a protest in the school.
The students took to the streets on
Tuesday carrying placards with various inscriptions demanding justice for the
killing of Amos, a Junior Secondary School two student. The police, officers of
the Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps, teachers and government officials
intervened to calm the students. The governor’s son was reported to have hit
the deceased with a car.
Addressing the students at the
school parade ground, the Nasarawa state Commissioner for Education, Aliyu
Tijjani, said government had taken measures to ensuring that the Governor’s son
that perpetrated this killing was brought to book. “He has already been
arrested.” “I want to express my profound dismay and sadness over what happened
here yesterday. It is unfortunate, very very unfortunate.’’
The school Head Boy, Goodluck Agwu,
had explained that Amos was hit by the car driven by Khaleed when he went out
to buy batteries for his flashlight at 8:00pm. The students who were not
satisfied with the explanation of the commissioner continued their protest, but
the police were deployed to calm them. The police explained that they were
investigating the case.
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