The Delta Human Rights Protection Congress has accused the management of the Delta School of Nursing, Warri of unduly extorting the students.
The DHRPC, a coalition of human rights groups in the state, had stormed the school premises on Monday on a fact-finding mission.
The group, led by its Patron, Edewor Egedegbe, met with the Principal of the School, Dr. Timothy Ogaga, where he tendered the allegations levelled against the school management.
In a swift reaction, the principal of the school denied the claims.
Egedegbe listed some of the allegations against the school management to include extortion of money from the students to buy fuel to power the school’s generator.
Others were accommodating 12 students in a hostel room meant for six students among others.
Addressing newsmen shortly after the meeting, Egedegbe said that the group would further interface with the state Commissioner for Education and the Chairman, Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Health on the matter.
He said: “We are not done with our findings yet.
“We are coming back and also make our fact findings known to the public.
“There are tendencies that could suggest that something is really fishy because we are in a system where the plight of the people does not really matter.
“For us, we have taken what we need to take, but the beauty of what has happened today is that the principal granted us audience and we had a good conversation.
“But we have vowed to press further and get to the root of all the allegations that brought us to this point of meeting.”
Also, Kelvin Ejumudo, a member of the DHRPC, said the group has several petitions against the school.
Ejumudo said that the group was on “a mission to liberate the oppressed from the oppressor”.
Responding, the school principal, however, said that the allegations were not true.
Ogaga said: “Our hostels accommodate six persons per room.
“We also have cubicles for the students to use while we are carrying out renovations.
“We do not collect illegal money from the students.
“They only pay N10,000 as examination fee, which is legal.”