The executive committee of the National Union of Adamawa State Students, NUADSS, were brutally beaten by the police officers at the state government house on Sallah day, Monday, June 26, 2017.
The exco’s were at the government house to congratulate governor Muhammad Jibrilla on the successful completion of the holy month of Ramadan and join in the celebrations of Sallah with the governor and other state officials.
However, the celebratory day turned out to be a sad one for the students who sustained various forms of injuries as a result of heavy blows dealt on them by the government house police officers acting on the order of the Adamawa state commissioner of higher education Hon Rufai Ahmed Abubakar.
The present exco’s trouble with the commissioner and by extension governor Bindow’s administration could be traced back to march 2017 when comrade Bilal Abdullahi defeated comrade Mustapha Ahmed to become the president of the union. The former was the preferred candidate of Muhammad Ahmad Marafa, the special assistant to the governor on student liaison since that moment, Marafa was restless in his efforts to sabotage comrade Bilal tenure.
Moreover, the election which brought comrade Bilal to power was supervised by NUADSS zone C chairman Usman Umar Barambu and chaired by Pita Pwa Vokito.
It was described as free, fair and credible by the representatives of various security agencies at the event which include the police force, DSS and the civil defense corps. Therefore the legitimacy of Comrade Bilal ascension to leadership was not in question.
Interestingly, the defeated candidate, Mustapha Ahmed conceded defeat and pledged to support the winner in the best interest of the union and its goals of advancing the interest of Adamawa state students. But Marafa would not let things be.
The unfortunate event left a number of the exco’s with injuries including the president, comrade Bilal who sustained a head injury.
Below are official documents concerning the claims in this freelance report.
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