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University Of Port Harcourt Black Monday..

This is a detailed explanation of what turned the day into a black Monday.

Two shots were fired....one went straight into his stomach and the other into the left side of his chest....

DID THE POLICE DENY SHOOTING PETER OFURUM?

Say I was a part of the protesters or that I was at the wrong place at the right time but don’t say I don’t know what I’m talking about.

On Monday morning as the protest against the Administration’s policy of no school fees no exam (which meant carrying over the whole semester), was going on in Campus and along East/West Road (by Choba small gate and Delta junction), I was in my room, receiving and making calls, chatting and getting pictures of the situation in Campus and at the junction.

At about 12pm, my wing mates and I decided to go round school to see what was happening. We walked around Abuja Campus, and then went to Delta Campus before arriving at the junction.

Here at the junction, students were gathered on the road, displaying placards, cooking and playing football. The Police who were heavily armed were camped beside this crowd just observing. In a matter of minutes after my arrival, public address systems were set up and cool Nigeria music began to hit the air which the students began to dance to; at a point during the dancing, an announcement was made that some of our students were arrested and taken to the Police station in Alakahia. Part of the students marched down to the station but I remained at the junction. 

Minutes later, I saw students’ running back towards us with vans of a different set of armed police men coming behind them. As they approached where we were dancing, they alighted and began running towards us and shooting at us. We all ran for safety as they shot tear gas everywhere while shooting bullets into the air. I ran towards Emoha road; at first I ran to the shops beside Kilimanjaro but before Agofure motors then I crossed the road to the park where vehicles normally loaded. The armed men now concentrated on the crowd that ran towards First Bank area. 

At this time a student was shouting at the Police for shooting down a student who was lying on the ground. The Police men waved down at him showing no concern for the shot student. As he shouted, he couldn’t come out of where he was for fear of being shot, I saw him calling on students but no one came around, after some minutes I crossed over, he came close, about 2 more students joined us. 

At this time, he (Peter) wasn’t moving, we were scared of taking him across the road as we didn’t know who was next to be shot, but we braced up and carried him across the road and put him on a bike with another student riding with him to Lulu Briggs (Our School hospital). I ran down with other students to Lulu briggs as it was close by. On getting there, the doctor said he had no pulse, but asked us to stay out of the room. Minutes later after administering CPR, he was declared dead by 1.46pm.

At this point, the tension and agitation among students heightened, a roller bed was brought out and he was placed on it and taken back to the junction. As we approached, the Police kept shooting tear gas at us at point blank range but we kept coming towards them as they retreated.

We placed him on the road and called out to students who were in hiding to come out. His body was taken across to show students and then down to Delta Campus. As we moved to Abuja Campus, part of the students decided we take him back to the road. At this point, I was too weak, tired and sad for the death of my fellow Accounting student and Faculty President, Sir P, so I decided to retreat back to my hostel.

Who shoots at unarmed students? Students that were unarmed but shot by heavily armed Police men and in the process a student was shot to death; who then must have shot him?

Two shots (one at the stomach, the other at the left chest).

Rest in Peace, Sir P.

PS: A student told me he had a video of the shooting when it happened as we were waiting outside Lulu briggs when the CPR was administered, but as he was about sharing it to me via Xender, we heard Sir P has been declared dead. I lost him and couldn’t get the video again as we rushed into the hospital. Please bro, share the video, and don’t be afraid.

 N/B: Let the masses know the VC was the first to fire at the students when they went to his house for dialogue, before his securities joined and that was hours before the Nigerian police started theirs. That was how the protest turned from a peaceful protest to a violent one.