Niger Delta Students Union Government protest at the Nigerian Petroleum Development Corporation, NPDC, office in Benin City has turned bloody this Thursday as one of the Policemen attached to the corporation allegedly opened fire on the protesting students, shooting one of them who is currently hospitalized.
A female among the protesters was allegedly hit by a bullet shot by one of the policemen attached to the corporation.
The students who boycotted a two-day training over alleged sharp practices by NPDC management to short change them of their due as captured in the blueprint document for the training.
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The students had embarked on a peaceful protest to ask the management to do the right thing.
The victim has been taken to the Nigerian Airforce medical centre for medical attention.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
