Robbery attacks: Rivers State University female students stage protest

Female students of Rivers State University, Port Harcourt staged a protest after an attack on their hostel by armed robbers recently.

PulseNets reports that the protests came after an attack on one of the hostels, ‘Hostel D’ by the gunmen who robbed the students of their valuables, harming and sexually assaulting some of them early Thursday morning.

Some of the female students claimed they overheard the armed men threatening that they would come back to rob other hostels.

“Armed with guns, machetes and other dangerous weapons, the criminals raided the hostel, terrorizing us and stealing valuable items like Laptops, jewellery, phones and money. Some of us were sexually assaulted at gunpoint, while some were injured. This is not the first time,” one of the students said.

The students now demand that the university authorities take immediate action to investigate the incident, arrest and prosecute the criminals and prioritize their safety and well-being by ensuring there is no repeat of the development.

The students who participated in the protest expressed outrage and concern over the lack of security measures to protect the hostels.

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They called on the university administration to address the severe lapses in security that allowed armed individuals to access the premises, especially hostels and carry out such reprehensible acts.

They urged the university authorities to promptly address the security lapses to prevent any further occurrence of such distressing incidents in the future.