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On Monday, indigenes of Owerre-eze Orba and Ajuona Obukpa communities of Enugu state, Nigeria barricaded the administrative building of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to protest the disconnection of their electricity by the university.
About 3,000 protesters, mainly youths and women blocked entry into the school's administrative building for about 7 hours.
Speaking on behalf of the protesters, Mr Ndukwe Agbo, a youth leader said, "For over eight months, we have been in darkness. The university disconnected us on the excuse that, with our light it would experience low voltage and we should buy our own transformers.
"We have bought our transformers but reconnecting us became a problem.We have decided to sleep here unless the university immediately reconnects our electricity. We cannot continue to stay in darkness", the youth leader added.
Also speaking, Mrs Nwachukwu Eze, women leader said, "The university has failed in all the issues contained in the pact; no water, no employment of our people".
All efforts by the UNN management to address the protesters failed. It took the intervention of the chairmen of Nsukka and Udenu local government areas to calm the protest.
About 3,000 protesters, mainly youths and women blocked entry into the school's administrative building for about 7 hours.
Speaking on behalf of the protesters, Mr Ndukwe Agbo, a youth leader said, "For over eight months, we have been in darkness. The university disconnected us on the excuse that, with our light it would experience low voltage and we should buy our own transformers.
"We have bought our transformers but reconnecting us became a problem.We have decided to sleep here unless the university immediately reconnects our electricity. We cannot continue to stay in darkness", the youth leader added.
Also speaking, Mrs Nwachukwu Eze, women leader said, "The university has failed in all the issues contained in the pact; no water, no employment of our people".
All efforts by the UNN management to address the protesters failed. It took the intervention of the chairmen of Nsukka and Udenu local government areas to calm the protest.