Students of the University of Jos and some youths on Wednesday took to the streets to protest against the shooting of a student by suspected security personnel in Jos on Tuesday.
The 300-Level student of Computer Science, Hezekiah Paul, died at the Plateau Specialist Hospital from the gunshot wounds.
The students were said to have taken their protest to the office of the Directorate of State Services, near Police A Division, where they registered their grievance.
Hezekiah was said to be on a three-month Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme with a phone shop, Johnson Sky Phones and Company, located at No. 11, Ahmadu Bello Way, Jos.
The Speaker, Plateau State House of Assembly, Peter Azi, who received the students, told them that he would make sure that justice was done.
Azi said he was aware of the incident and had visited the victim in the hospital before he died.
“This morning, I was with the Commissioner of Police to seek an explanation and I was told that the suspect had been arrested”, he said.
He commended the protesters for their orderly conduct.
But the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Emmanuel Abuh, confirmed the incident, and described it as unfortunate.
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