A second year male student of Rivers State Polytechnic have
died today after students claimed the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the
school physically assaulted him which made him slump after the beating and died
immediately. This sparked violence on the campus as students went on rampage
destroying and looting school property.
According to an eyewitness, an ambulance was quickly called
to carry the body of the student away from the school premises, which led to
riot by angry students who mobbed the Chief Security Officer, vandalized and
looted the computer centre as well.
The entrance to the school was also barricaded by the angry
students temporarily causing a heavy traffic a jam, before the students left
the campus into main Bori town where they allegedly looted some shops.
Anti-riot policemen, who were called in, freely used
tear-gas canisters on the students to disperse them, before the management of
the school finally shut it down and suspended examinations.
