The National of Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Sunday said some desperate political actors in Lagos State fuelled the Lagos State University (LASU) crisis to score what the group described as cheap political points.
The association, therefore, warned such political forces "to desist from dragging LASU into political muddy waters," noting that the institution was duly established by a statute to cater for the tertiary education of the state's residents.
The NANS gave the warning in a statement by the Chairman of NANS Lagos Chapter, Mr. Yaqub Eleto, saying the January 23 riot was majorly on the gross mismanagement of the crisis by the LASU Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Obafunwa.
The students union government of the university had embarked on a peaceful protest on Wednesday, Jan. 22, over the closure of the university's portal by the authorities. The closure of the portal had deprived the students from registering for the second semester examination.
After the government waded into the matter and parties involved presented their cases before the Lagos State House of Assembly, Governor Babtunde Fashola ordered that the school be reopened on February 24 so that the second semester examinations could take place.
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