The Edo State Commissioner for Education, Paddy Iyamu, has disclosed that 38 students of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, arrested over last weekend’s protest in the area will be released.
Naijaonpoint reports that the Commissioner made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking during Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme.
Iyamu said the Edo State government has been working round the clock to ensure that the arrested students were released.
He confirmed that some of the students had already been released on Tuesday, while others would be released on Wednesday.
“We didn’t sleep till 1 a.m. this morning, trying to release the students, some of them yesterday.
“Altogether, we are releasing about 38 students,” the commissioner said.
He noted the unrest, which led to the destruction of properties, was masterminded by some unsrupulous elements living outside Edo State.
Iyamu, however, assured that the administration of Governor Monday Okpebholo remains committed to promoting peace and unity in Edo State.
“On May 13 [2025], if I’m not mistaken, they had a peaceful protest in Edo state. People protested because of the cultism.
“And they did the procession straight to Government House, and the governor received them himself. He took them into his office. After addressing them outside, he took them into his office, and everything went on smooth.
“So one expects that if people are going to be also making their, their pains known, you need to do it in a very orderly manner so that the government in the usual manner will also take steps, but taking laws into their hands, going to steal, going into the palace of the king to do a lot is totally out of it,” he stated.
Iyamu added that following the return to normalcy in the area, the government has approved the resumption of academic activities previously suspended in the wake of the violence.
“We have released the communiqué this morning. Students are to return to school on Monday.
“The schools resume in the central on Monday because normalcy has been restored. The governor is even still in the general area, trying to make sure that the peace is sustained, and so far, normalcy has been restored. Security agencies are doing a lot,” he added.