Uniben Students Protest Over death of

Rita Awele, A student of the university of Benin was  killed when she got hit by a military van patrolling the Lagos Benin express way. According to reports, Awele who is a student of the department of Philosophy was going to  / returning from church (reports varies)

However, Students of the institution blocked vehicular movement on the Lagos-Benin road to protest her death. 

They are also making several demands 

 They are asking for speed bumps or flyovers to be mounted in front of the school gate.

"The school is located along Lagos-Benin expressway and this is a major problem for students staying off campus trying to get into the school as cars, buses, trucks and trailers are always on high speed plying that route. A pedestrian bridge was there before but it was taken down during the reconstruction of the Lagos-Benin expressway and they didn't put it back." a student told LIB

"We are using this opportunity to tell the government to construct a fly over or a road break around our school gate." another one said

The students have called on the  SUG (student union government) through the President of the body to meet the three demands below.

1. Speed brakes must be provided. Construction of overhead bridge at Uniben main gate (Standard one with street light).

2. The reckless driver must be prosecuted.

3. Awele Rita's family must be duly compensated.

"We protested to register our displeasure over the negligence of Govt and the school management to the repeated appeals for some speed breakers on the Benin-Lagos high way until their bureaucracy has led to the death of another student. Rita was a student like us, someone's sister, someone's bestie, a mother's pride, hope and joy" another student said