THREE Students of the University of Calabar were on Wednesday evening
shot by stray bullets discharged from the riffle of a security officer
of the university.
The shooting happened following an inconclusive Student Union
Government election contested by four candidates: Emmanuel Akobi,
Ajang Emmanuel, Ilefa Austin and Afo Nelson.
According a student who functioned as observer in the election, Ekere
Sylvanus, a year three political Science Student, trouble started when
some of the students who registered to vote but could not find their
names in the electoral register were not allowed to vote. "Some
students who registered during the registration exercise could not
find their names on the Voters Register and the Electoral Officer who
was assigned to conduct the election by the Vice Chancellor asked them
to wait in a queue and the number rose to about three hundred and when
it was 3pm when the election was scheduled to end, the Electoral
Officer said the election had ended prompting those students to insist
they should be allowed to vote".
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