50 Protesting Jambite Arrested by Police in Benue as there was Almost a Fight: SEE

50 Protesting Jambite Arrested by Police in Benue as there was Almost a Fight: SEE

Eailier today, Monday, Benue Police Command arrested 50 candidates of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over violent protests and stoning of security officials.

Mr Hyacinth Dagala, the Police Commissioner in the State, daid the police intervened to prevent breakdown of law and order when the candidates started throwing stones at JAMB officials.

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He said the stones thrown injured one of the security guards and a police officer attached to the office.

“The candidates numbering over 300 today approached the JAMB Zonal Office in Makurdi and demanded their printouts.
“The Jamb officials pleaded with them to come back after one hour for their Jamb slips, but that they refused and started throwing stones at the officials and security operatives.
“They injured one police officer, a security guard and some women who were selling food around the office and also burnt tyres on the road,” the commissioner said.

Dagala said the police rushed to the scene and arrested 50 of the protesters in order to calm the situation.
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