LASU students lay siege to Fashola’s office

Protesting Lagos State University students yesterday barricaded the office of governor Babatunde Fashola in Alausa, with the Students’ Union, LASUSU, saying  it would continue its protest over hike in fees until the state government reduced them.
The barricade  came barely 24 hours after eight of the protesting students were arraigned before an Ikeja chief magistrate’s court for alleged breach of public peace.
The students in a protest march arrived at Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja at about 3:00 pm and immediately barricaded the entrance to the governor’s office with two Bus Rapid Transit, BRT buses and other vehicles.

After barricading the entrance, they danced and set up traditional cooking stove where they cooked beans for themselves. They also observed Muslim prayers at the entrance.
The arrival of the students to the seat of power send jitters down the spine of the private security officers attached to the Lagos State House of Assembly and they shut the entrance gate to the legislative house.

Also, police officers attached to the Area F police command and Alausa police stations were quickly drafted to the scene to forestall any damage to government’s property.
The union President, Nurudeen Yusuf, said that peaceful protest was a citizen’s right as enshrined in the constitution.