NANS DEMAND ARREST OF KILLER POLICEMAN, SACK OF COMMISSIONER, DPO

The Senate of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has
demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of the policeman who
yesterday in Katsina shot and killed Umar Aliyu of the Hassan Usman
Polytechnic.
In a statement signed by spokesman Okoye Robinson Chibuzo, NANS
condemned the act in strong terms and called on the National Human
Rights Commission to investigate the incident and the killings of
other students which now number 30, as a matter of urgency.
"We can't understand what led to the killing of a harmless student by
the same persons whose responsibility is to secure his life and
property," the statement said. "This act of barbarism is a total
breach of the fundamental right to life of Umar Aliyu as enshrined in
the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and can't be taken
as this is a threat to the lives and security of the Nigerian
students." The students also called on the Inspector General of police
to sack the Commissioner of the Katsina State Police Command and the
DPO in charge [of the unit], or face "total war" which will be
declared against the police for the brutal killing of Nigerian
students.
NANS commiserated with the family of Umar Aliyu and the entire
students of Kastina for the great loss of one of their future leaders
whose life was shortened by a "blood sucking" policeman.