Rivers Police Command on Monday denied that there were casualties during a protest by students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).Ahmad Muhammad, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt. He said that there was no casualty on the part of the police or students during the violent protest by the students over a “no tuition fee-no examination fee” policy introduced by the UNIPORT management.
“No student or policeman lost their lives during the UNIPORT protest. “The policeman reported dead had nothing to do with UNIPORT, because the deceased policeman was shot dead by armed robbers in an isolated case. “Similarly, no university student was killed to the best of my knowledge. “All roads earlier blocked by the protesting students have been reopened by the police,” he said Muhammad said the police was cooperating with UNIPORT management to ensure that normalcy was restored on campus and host communities.