EndBadGovernance Protest: Varsity Students Die In Auto Crash – Details.
Consequent upon two-week holiday/closure of the University of Cross River State to keep students away from taking part in the protest, three students of the institution have been reportedly involved and died in an auto crash while travelling to their various destination.
According to the report, the students who boarded a popular mass transport bus were on their way to Ogoja in the northern part of the state when the accident occured on Tuesday afternoon.
It was reported that the accident occured near Ikom in the central part of the state along the Calabar – .Ikom highway.
Ndoma Akunobor, who was an occupant of the bus said the three students who lost their lives are from the Departments of Microbiology and Plants Science and Biotechnology.
As at the time of reporting, the names of the students who involved in the motor accident were not yet given.
Meanwhile, the management of UNICROSS, in a circular No. 433, ordered the closure of the institution for two weeks beginning from 30th July to 12th August 2024 ahead of the 1st of August 2024 nationwide protest.
