US-based Nigerian actor and movie producer, Pascal Atuma
has accused villagers of Aluu community of being hostile to students of the
University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT). Atuma stated that the community has
never liked the students.
He alleged that the incident of the Aluu brutal killing
of four UNIPORT students recently didn't start today but a long time ago. Atuma
made this known through his Facebook wall. He gave his near death experience
while a Student Union Chairman of Nelson Mandela Hall ( Choba Campus) in 1995.
"The only people that are surprised with the killing
of 4 University of Port-Harcourt students in Nigeria are the people that did
not go to school there.
"I attended UNIPORT from 1991-1995. I am not
surprised at all or shocked, and I refused to watch the video because it will
bring back very bad memories.
"The villagers never ever liked the students, they
were very hostile to the students when I was a student there. I remember
clearly the students riot of 1995, when the police came in and opened fire on
the students, then I was the Students Union Chairman of Nelson Mandela Hall (
Choba Campus).
"They shot one of my hall members (Ebenezar- I
remember his name clearly) who was running from class to get back to the hall
for safety. As the chairman, I was forced to put my life on the line. I walked
out of the hostel, raised my hands in surrender, came out and begged the police
to stop shooting.
"They told me to ask the students in my hall to peacefully
vacate the hostel in 2 hours or else they will start shooting again.
"I went back in, called all our hall members
together and told everyone to vacate asap, and I remember students just running
for their lives, I was the last person to leave.
"The school was closed that day, and Ebenezar and
one other student who was also shot later died, they didn't make it. I never
did go back to UNIPORT again after that day. That was my last taste and memory
of the school called University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria.
"Main point of my story is that the killing of
students in UNIPORT did not start today, it's been there for a long time now. I
am a LIVING WITNESS, I saw it and I lived it!!
"UNIPORT is not a safe place to attend the
University in Nigeria, not at all, the history is there, and it will never be.
SORRY. May the soul of the four students rest in peace!"
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