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Following the protest by students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Mohammed Olaniyan, president of the University of Lagos student union, was arrested on Thursday by security operatives.

The school management issued a directive that all students vacate the halls of residence before 10am on Friday.

However, the students decided to disregard the directive with the student union locking the halls of residence, thus preventing the exit of any student.

They clamoured for the presence of Mohammed Olaniyan, a professor and vice chancellor of the university, whom they referred to as their “school father”.

The students waited till 9:30pm on Thursday for Rahmon Ade Bello, vice chancellor of the university, to address them, but the address didn’t happen.

Vehicles of the Lagos state Rapid Response Squad were at the university premises but no other arrest was made. Olaniyan himself was released after a few hours.

The opinion of some students of the university is that the management wants to push them to violence.

The students locked the entrances to the university on Wednesday, protesting water scarcity and blackout on campus. They have expressed dismay at the number of police patrol vehicles seen on campus and are urging police operatives to leave the campus as their protests have been peaceful.