If poly lecturers cannot be vice-chancellors, it’s injustice for govt to bring varsity profs to head polytechnics Ezeibe, ASUP President
Published 12 May 2021
Mr Anderson Ezeibe is the National President, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics. In this interview with GRACE EDEMA, he talks about the union’s demands, which led to the ongoing strike and the position of the law on the appointment of rectors of polytechnics
On April 6, 2021, ASUP decided to commence a nationwide strike action due to some issues. Can you explain some of the things that led to the strike?
The strike was predicated on the level of neglect by the government of the sector. The nine items include the non-constitution of governing councils of federal polytechnics since May last year and in so many other state polytechnics, where there are no governing councils in existence. The second item has to do with the non-implementation of the NEEDS assessment report of 2014 in all public polytechnics and colleg
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A suspected armed robber, Godwin Rafael, 32, has explained why he always goes to T-Junctions at night to make sacrifices to God after killing people during operations.
Police said that Rafael’s gang, which specialised in attacking Point of Sale operators in Aba Town, Abia State, has killed three people, but the gang members, who are presently in police custody, admitted killing only two.
The two are a man, identified as Dr. Victor Chimaobi, killed along Market Road by Kent Street, Aba on January 21, 2021 and Ezinne Grace Iroh, robbed and killed on January 31, 2021 at Ukaegbu Street in Ogbor Hill area of Aba.
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End of the road for POS robbers after killing victims in Aba
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By Ifeanyi Okolie
Seven members of a notorious armed robbery and kidnapping gang which specialized in robbing and killing Point of Sale, POS, operators, in Aba Town, Abia State, have been arrested by operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team, IRT in Abia State.
Vanguard gathered that the suspects who were identified as Basil Macdonald, Emeka Uche, Godwin Rafael, Uzoma Samuel, Sunday Chibuike, Godwin Kalu and Abraham Thompson, were arrested recently after operatives of the IRT who were deployed to Abia State to checkmate activities of criminals in the state, trailed and apprehended them at their various hideouts.
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The police in Abia State have arrested a gang of armed robbers for murdering two point of sale (POS) operators in Aba local government area of the state.
Among the suspects is a 25-year-old student of Abia State Polytechnic identified as Uzoma Samuel and five others.
One of the POS operators, Ezinne Grace Iroh, 23, from Ohafia LGA, was murdered on January 30, 2021, after they allegedly shot her at Ukaegbu Road, in Ogbor Hill area of Aba.
Similarly, another POS operator, Dr. Godwin Chimaobi Victor Igbokwe, a former staff of a first-generation bank was killed a few days before Grace.
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