There was tension today in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital following the inability of the students of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti and commercial drivers to reach amicable resolutions on transportation fare.
The commercial drivers had increased the fare from two hundred to four hundred owing to the fuel scarcity, but did not go well with Students.
The controversy started on Tuesday, when the bus drivers refused to carry passengers and blocked the the school Main gate.
The said they will now charge 400 naira if the students insist on the 3-3-2 sitting formation or rather 4-4-2 if they want the price to be #300.
The Akoto drivers lamented the situation because they queue for long hours at the fuel station only to still buy it for about #500 per litre.
All efforts to prevail on the drivers by the student yielded no result, hence the students took to the street on Wednesday to protest.
The protesters were led by the Student Union Government President, Ogunsanya Dotun Victor, and his Executives who ordered the security of the school to lock all school gates.
According to Mr. Dotun, the reason for the Union’s protest was as a result of the price change from #200 to #400.
All efforts to get a reaction from the head of the university’s Directorate of Information & Corporate Affairs of the institution, Bode Olofinmuagun, proved abortive as he was yet to pick calls put through his phone as of the time of filing this report.
