Nigerian students, under the aegis of the National Association of Polytechnics Students (NAPS), have barred the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, from their campuses nationwide.

NAPS President, Eshiofune Paul Oghayan, made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday while addressing newsmen.

According to him, the decision was made because Obi failed to retract his alleged misrepresentation of what happened during a recent student union election at Auchi Polytechnics in Edo State.

He stated that the former governor’s failure to retract his alleged misleading claim had created doubt about his integrity as a leader.

Oghayan said, “Even more concerning is the pattern emerging from his actions. Mr. Obi, without due verification, recently misled the public with false information regarding the student union government (SUG) elections in Auchi Polytechnics.

“In a widely circulated statement, he claimed: ‘I watched a heartbreaking video that showed students in Auchi Polytechnic in Edo State running for their lives as they were being shot at during their student election yesterday, which left two students dead and several injured.”

Oghayan noted that Obi’s statement was not only false but also reckless.

The NAPS president added: “We, as the direct custodians of student welfare, held a press conference and called on Mr. Obi to retract the statement and issue a public apology, especially to the student community of Auchi Polytechnic.

“Yet, he remained silent. The same man who built his campaign around ‘go and verify’ failed to verify before peddling unsubstantiated claims. That is not leadership; it is manipulation.”