Soldiers invited as UNIBEN students block highway over power outage (video)

Soldiers have been invited after protesting the University of Benin students blocked the Benin/Ore highway today July 3 in protest over power outage in the institution’s campuses in Ugbowo and Ekhewan, Benin.

The university was thrown into darkness following its inability to reach an agreement with the Benin Electricity Distribution Company over perceived contentious electricity billing. The students, who could not bear the resultant hardship from the outage any longer, decided to stage a protest on Wednesday morning by blocking the outbound route of the Lagos-Benin Expressway.

A protesting student who simply gave his name as John, said the one hour of electricity daily had become largely inadequate and had discouraged studying.

“We only have one hour of electricity every day since this issue started. We are tired of studying in the dark. We need electricity to read and prepare for our exams. The university management needs to take responsibility and fix this issue.” he said

Watch a video of the students on the highway below…