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According to ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi, the lecturers took the decision to down their tools at their National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the University of Abuja during the weekend.
Several persons were also injured in the incident that happened in the state.
One person identified as an okada rider was also killed by the robbers, while a passenger said to be on the victim’s bike sustained gunshot wound and has been rushed to the hospital
The movement, during their seventh sit-out in Abuja yesterday, said they would hold the “President’s handlers who have formed a cabal responsible if anything happens to him.”
An 89th minute penalty converted by Beninoise skipper, Seibou Mama sealed the first leg win 1 – 0 for the Beninoise team.
The group asked them to ignore the quit notice as it would not hold water.
Abubakar said the issue was generating heat in the polity, adding that the counter-notices issued to other Nigerians in certain parts of the country, were among the ripple effects.
MEND, which also announced its withdrawal as a member of PANDEF, a forum of various ethnic nationality leaders in the Niger Delta, said it was “annoying working with pretenders who conspired to keep silent when Goodluck Jonathan wasted the opportunity of the region.”
It said actions taken by the Acting President had shown that power was not handed over to him contrary to the claim by the Presidency that ailing President Muhammadu Buhari transferred power to him (Osinbajo) before leaving Nigeria for London on a medical trip more than 90 days ago.