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Heavy gunshots on Monday rocked the national convention of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS on Monday in Gombe, forcing the election into inconclusive.
The umbrella body of students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria was holding a convention to elect new set of national leaders after years of factionalization of the body.
One of the delegates, Adnan Mukhtar, the secretary of the Students Union in North West University, Kano, informed PremiumTimes that trouble started at about 5:30 pm when a former factional chairman of the association, Prince Miaphen was elected to chair the convention.
He said many students sustained gunshot and machete wounds after a group suspected to be loyal to one of the aspirants to the position of NANS president began shooting and attacking delegates with machetes and knives.
“I can tell you that everyone is in serious fear now, in fact, most people have even vacated the hostel we are staying at Gombe State University for fear of the unknown,” Mukhtar said.
The umbrella body of students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria was holding a convention to elect new set of national leaders after years of factionalization of the body.
One of the delegates, Adnan Mukhtar, the secretary of the Students Union in North West University, Kano, informed PremiumTimes that trouble started at about 5:30 pm when a former factional chairman of the association, Prince Miaphen was elected to chair the convention.
He said many students sustained gunshot and machete wounds after a group suspected to be loyal to one of the aspirants to the position of NANS president began shooting and attacking delegates with machetes and knives.
“I can tell you that everyone is in serious fear now, in fact, most people have even vacated the hostel we are staying at Gombe State University for fear of the unknown,” Mukhtar said.
