{"id":239273,"date":"2026-01-14T07:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/we-didnt-organise-any-protest-aau-students-union\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T07:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:01:10","slug":"we-didnt-organise-any-protest-aau-students-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/we-didnt-organise-any-protest-aau-students-union\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe didn\u2019t organise any protest\u201d \u2013 AAU Students\u2019 Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img width=\"624\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/politicsnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5760.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-main-img=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/politicsnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5760.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/politicsnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5760-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Student Union Government (SUG) of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma in Edo State has denied any involvement in the protest against the kidnapping of students of the institution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Distancing the union and its officials from reports that the violent protest was organised by the school\u2019s SUG, the President of the union, Osadebamen Michael said such a claim is misleading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a video shared on Tuesday, Michael said neither the AAU SUG nor the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) was part of the decision to have students embark on a protest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to him, attributing the protest and its outcome to AAU\u2019s SUG or NANS is unfortunate and pitiable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt is quite unfortunate that some persons are deliberately trying to associate what transpired with the student community. We are here to officially debunk that claim. Students did not organise any protest,\u201d Michael said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">However, stating that AAU students have always maintained decorum and cooperated with the school\u2019s management, Michael called on the Edo State government and security agencies to as a matter of urgency, release students arrested over the violent protest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition, Michael stated that the students who have been detained on the orders of the state government, had no hand in the protest.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content \/--><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Student Union Government (SUG) of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma in Edo State has denied any involvement in the protest against the kidnapping of students of the institution. Distancing the union and its officials from reports that the violent protest was organised by the school\u2019s SUG, the President of the union, Osadebamen Michael said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":239274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[2641,2642,326,1684,1311,2643],"class_list":["post-239273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-aau","tag-ambrose-alli-university","tag-edo-state","tag-nans","tag-protest","tag-students"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5760.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}