Students of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) have stormed the Governor’s office in Calabar to protest over the demise of one of their student and course mate, Inyang David, who was electrocuted to death due to PHCN cable. The protest was led by Tola, Prince Harmony (leader) and Ayiri, Francis Utsu (sub leader) all of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, CRUTECH.
“We blame the state governor because for a long time, there is no water in the city and when fire fighters were called upon to intervene, they said they had no water. If there was water in the state, perhaps, our colleague would not have died,” Harmony said.
The students appealed for welfare package for the mother of the boy and for his burial as well as calling on the state and federal fire service, PHCN and federal/state government to take measures to prevent future occurance and for prompt emergency response from Fire Service.
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