Students of the Federal University of Technology, Minna under the aegis of Concerned Citizens of Niger State staged a violent rally at Gidan Kwano campus of the institution, over the choice of Professor Musibau Akanji by the National University Commission as the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution.
The students numbering over 200 and carrying placards with various inscriptions blocked the main gate of the campus as early as 7:30am and vowed to make the institution ungovernable if the appointment of Professor Akanji is not dropped.
This is coming on the heels of a letter written to the governing council on Monday by a group threatening to burn down the two campuses of the university if Professor Akanji who is from Kwara state is sworn in as the 6th Vice-Chancellor.
It took the combined effort of the Police and the security unit of the university to disperse the protesting students who vowed to return if their demand is not met.
Efforts to get the principal officers of the institution to comment proved abortive as none of them was available when our reporter visited the campus. Their mobile phones were also unreachable.
It will be recalled that the last vice chancellor Professor Mohammed Audu is from Kogi state and his five year tenure ended on Monday.
