Nigeria: Nasarawa Varsity Shut As Soldiers Kill Two Students

26 February 2013

What started as a peaceful demonstration by students of the Nasarawa State University early yesterday morning turned violent when two of them were killed by soldiers from 177 Guards Brigade Battalion, Keffi, drafted to keep the peace. In the aftermath of that, the state Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura ordered the school shut t to avert a further breakdown of law and order.

The students had embarked on a peaceful demonstration to press home their demand for the restoration of water supply to the university community.

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