The ASUU strike 2013 continues because of the latest update after a stunning turn of events. The Nation Executive Council meeting on Wednesday in which the union was expected to call off the strike was canceled after the suspicious death of former union president Festus Iyayi. Iyayi was on his way to the meeting, which was to be held in Kano, when–allegedly–one of the police vehicles in a convoy of the Kogi state governor suddenly swerved into the path of the vehicle Iyayi was in, and Iyayi or whoever was driving his car swerved out of the way, somersaulting three times. Iyayi died in the crash, and the other occupants in the vehicle–including Dr. Anthony Monye-Emina, chairman of the University Benin branch of the ASUU–were taken to a hospital in critical condition. Following the accident, the union called off the Wednesday meeting. ‘’You (journalists) have to bear with us because we are in mourning because we lost one of us, who was a strong pillar,’’ current ASUU President Dr. Nasir Fagge said, reported This Day Live. Now it’s unclear what the next step is in the prolonged strike, which appeared so close to being called off. A human rights lawyer Bamidele Aturu, meanwhile, said in a statement obtained by PM News Lagos that Iyayi was murdered. Iyayi was “gruesomely murdered not killed by a yet to be identified assassin in the employ of the Government of Kogi State,” said Aturu. “This is the only reasonable conclusion to be drawn from the facts that are now available in the public domain.” He added: “The madness of reckless killings on our roads by those who occupy government houses must stop. The only way to end it is to insist, as some of our comrades are suggesting, that the murderer in Kogi Government House or its boy’s quarters must be produced and prosecuted for manslaughter.”
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:41:44 +0000
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