Blind student accuses campus security of assault
He described his treatment as "barbaric, uncivil, condemnable, and a breach of his fundamental human rights which calls for public concern."
Mr. Lawrence Success Umezinwa, a Political Science student of the school, wrote a letter to the Vice Chancellor, alleging that the security men, on orders of the Students Affairs (DSA) ejected him from the hostel.
According to SaharaReporters, the letter contained details of the alleged assault. Umezinwa narrated that he was summoned to a meeting with the security officers. He suspected that the meeting was in connection to a letter issued to him by the DSA directing his removal from office as the Chairman of Mariere Hall. He believed that the security men were meeting him to carry out the order.
The letter also revealed that the men, during the meeting, attempted to seize his mobile phone when he was in the process of recording said meeting.
According to Umezinwe, the meeting soon escalated to violence. Umezinwe disclosed that one of the security men forcefully poked his finger into his blind eye, another twisted his neck, removed his wristwatch and tore his shirt.
After the assault, they pushed him to his room to move out his possessions but they did not know which belonged to him or his roommate. According to sources, they then locked him out of the room and denied him access to it.
Narrating his ordeal in the letter, Umezinwa said, “Ever since that happened I have not been allowed entrance into the hall. This has led me to sleeping around.”
He also attached the eviction letter issued to him from the office of the Dean of Student Affairs, which ordered his removal from office as the Chairman of Mariere Hall of Residence and cited his failure to comply with a management directive to vacate the hall on 6 June as a reason.
Umezinwa is reportedly seeking that the situation be addressed by the managing body of the school. He described his treatment as "barbaric, uncivil, condemnable, and a breach of his fundamental human rights which calls for public concern."
"This institution is tagged nation’s pride but the office of the Dean of Student Affairs has not exhibited this in its conduct and I vehemently say as a student that this action needs to be thoroughly investigated and the perpetrators brought to book,” concluded Umezinwa.
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