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Fashola jail them!!! -By Alade Abiodun

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Fashola jail them! Please, jail them!! I am without fear that it will be the best way to fan ‘His Excellency’s’ ego and keep the students mute in the face of obvious oppression. At a time like this, nothing else will occupy my mind but this height of draconian rule and a show of oppression by the Lagos state governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) to the helpless students of Lagos State University. What is the crime of the students? Their major crime remains their intent to pursue higher education and hopefully, become better citizens in a country impoverished by the ruling class. This same class, which the governor belongs to, is widely alleged to have plundered the resources of the country, convert the common wealth of the people to their sole property by amassing public fund for their yet to be born generations. The majority of the citizenry wallow in poverty and uncertain of a future; yet they will not allow the oppressed to even have a voice. The