UAD Demands Recall Of Suspended Law School Student, Kayode Bello

A pro-democracy organization, United Action for Democracy (UAD),
has demanded the immediate recall of Mr. Kayode Bello, a student of
the Nigerian Law School suspended for calling attention to the
deplorable welfare conditions in the institution. UAD, which
accused the school authorities of muzzling dissent, made the call
in a statement jointly signed by its Convener, Mr. Gabriel Ojumah
and Mr.Kunle Wizeman Ajayi, its General Secretary.

The organization wondered why the Nigerian Law School, which
trains lawyers, would want to suppress freedom of expression. It
likened the situation at the institution to a military barracks,
saying its management prefers an environment inhabited by
zombies.

“They hate any voice of dissent. They prefer praise-singers and
‘mumus’ (dunces) as students,” UAD said.

It recalled that the University of Lagos and many other
universities have been harassing students whenever they protest
against degrading campus conditions.

The group instantiated this with the suspension of Mr. Femi
Adeyeye, who was brutalized on the orders of the University of
Lagos authorities and illegally detained at the Kirikiri Maximum
Prisons.

UAD called on all lovers of freedom to rise in defense of the
suspended Mr. Bello, who did nothing more than write to the
authorities of the Nigerian Law School to draw attention to the
grim campus conditions. It equally called on the school authorities
to immediately recall him and reduce fees charged by the
institution to enable students from indigent homes to have access
to legal education.

“There is nothing professional about an expensive school that
has really not produced better lawyers than when the school was
almost free,” posited UAD.

The organization urged all law students in the country to
organize, especially around the Alliance of Nigerian Students
Against Neo-Liberal Attacks (ANSA), Legal Education Rights Agenda
(LERA) and such other bodies to embark on coordinated lecture
boycotts and force the Nigerian Law School authorities to recall
Mr.Bello.

UAD also called on practicing lawyers and other concerned
citizens to rise in defense of Mr.Bello and Mr. Adeyeye of the
University of Lagos. It similarly demanded the immediate arrest and
prosecution of those behind the assault on Mr. Bello under the
pretext of forcing him out of the Nigerian Law School campus, an
immediate revamp of the management in a way that guarantees
democratic rights and an end to the victimization of student
activists on all campuses.

A pro-democracy organization, United Action for Democracy (UAD),
has demanded the immediate recall of Mr. Kayode Bello, a student of
the Nigerian Law School suspended for calling attention to the
deplorable welfare conditions in the institution. UAD, which
accused the school authorities of muzzling dissent, made the call
in a statement jointly signed by its Convener, Mr. Gabriel Ojumah
and Mr.Kunle Wizeman Ajayi, its General Secretary.

The organization wondered why the Nigerian Law School, which
trains lawyers, would want to suppress freedom of expression. It
likened the situation at the institution to a military barracks,
saying its management prefers an environment inhabited by
zombies.

“They hate any voice of dissent. They prefer praise-singers and
‘mumus’ (dunces) as students,” UAD said.

It recalled that the University of Lagos and many other
universities have been harassing students whenever they protest
against degrading campus conditions.

The group instantiated this with the suspension of Mr. Femi
Adeyeye, who was brutalized on the orders of the University of
Lagos authorities and illegally detained at the Kirikiri Maximum
Prisons.

UAD called on all lovers of freedom to rise in defense of the
suspended Mr. Bello, who did nothing more than write to the
authorities of the Nigerian Law School to draw attention to the
grim campus conditions. It equally called on the school authorities
to immediately recall him and reduce fees charged by the
institution to enable students from indigent homes to have access
to legal education.

“There is nothing professional about an expensive school that
has really not produced better lawyers than when the school was
almost free,” posited UAD.

The organization urged all law students in the country to
organize, especially around the Alliance of Nigerian Students
Against Neo-Liberal Attacks (ANSA), Legal Education Rights Agenda
(LERA) and such other bodies to embark on coordinated lecture
boycotts and force the Nigerian Law School authorities to recall
Mr.Bello.

UAD also called on practicing lawyers and other concerned
citizens to rise in defense of Mr.Bello and Mr. Adeyeye of the
University of Lagos. It similarly demanded the immediate arrest and
prosecution of those behind the assault on Mr. Bello under the
pretext of forcing him out of the Nigerian Law School campus, an
immediate revamp of the management in a way that guarantees
democratic rights and an end to the victimization of student
activists on all campuses.