We gathered that two factions each led by Professor Maduabuchi Dukor for the ASUU/NAU(Nnamdi Azikiwe University) Progressives and the local chapter of ASUU, led by Professor Ike Odimegwu, had emerged at the institution and are both struggling for supremacy.
Problem started when the faction led by Dukor, which pulled out of the ongoing ASUU national strike, tried to conduct the second semester exam as scheduled, against the determination of the rival Odimegwu group to enforce the strike.
The ensuing melee allegedly disrupted some examinations while lecturers and students were ordered out of examination halls.
And as the rift continued, confusion reigned supreme.
Although, security was beefed up at the Faculty of Social Sciences to ensure that all the scheduled examinations, including the a course titled ‘Statistics for Political Science’ , scheduled for the day were held successfully.
But at the multipurpose hall of the new permanent site, the situation was different.
It was alleged that strike enforcers aborted some scheduled examinations, by forcefully locking the examination hall and chased out the students.
Many students who had earlier arrived at the new permanent site to write their examinations were seen clustering in groups and discussing the development, while other loitered within the premises.
The University management, in collaboration with the members of the ASUU Progressives, have now resorted to fixing and conducting examinations at the time when it would not be possible for the strike monitoring team to disrupt activities.
Some students of in various departments have however expressed the fear that the strike might affect their academic programmes adversely.
They pleaded for an end to the dispute , urging the federal government to mend the fence with ASUU.
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