There was confusion on Tuesday at the Unity Fountain in Abuja as Nigerian students numbering over 200 chased away one Aruna Kadiri who was parading himself as President of the National Association of Nigerian Students.
Kadiri had planned to stage an unauthorised protest against the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities at the Unity Fountain when the students loyal to the President of NANS, Chinonso Obasi, swooped on him and he fled from the scene.
On hearing of the unauthorised protest, they moved to the venue to stop the organiser insisting that he does have the authority to speak on behalf of Nigerian students.
They described Aruna Kadiri as a meddlesome interloper who has consistently tried to cause disaffection in the leadership of the Nigerian students by giving awards to some discredited politicians who are facing criminal cases at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-Related Offences Commission.
While insisting that the authentic President of NANS remained Comrade Chinonso Obasi, they called on Aruna Kadiri to desist from further parading himself to avert any circumstance.
According to them, the dubious activities of the same Aruna Kadiri was said to have been responsible for the cancellation of South Zonal Congress of NANS which held at the Collage of Education, Ilesha, Osun State where he was accused of bribing the Zonal Coordinator and other stakeholders with the sum of N200,000 at the venue of the convention for him to be recognised.
Meanwhile, Chinoso Obasi, while commenting on the ongoing ASUU strike, call for calm as due process is been followed and a meeting will be held on September in Kwara to find a way out of the dilemma.