The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has suspended its planned June 12 nationwide protest. NANS president, Sunday Asefon, made this known in a statement seen by ODUDUWA NEWS on Friday morning, June 11. According to the NANS president, the planned protest was aimed at decrying the insecurity in the country, especially the serial abductions of students.
NANS protests not political Asefon raised an alarm saying some politicians have perfected plans to hijack the protest for their own selfish interests.
Part of the statement read: “Having considered the current security realities and the danger to the lives of our members in case of possible hijack of the planned protest, I in consultation with all the structures of NANS, therefore, announce the suspension of our proposed protest for June 12.”
Asefon said the protest would no longer hold as scheduled because of fear of being hijacked. He has however implored the Federal Government to address reasons why the protest was scheduled before it was later shelved.