NANS ELECTIONS END IN A FRACAS

The 31st National Convention of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has ended in violence in Gombe State. Delegates fled the venue, following sporadic gunfire by hoodlums. The development has led to another division in the association, barely two years after all factions agreed to work together. Two presidents emerged after the aborted convention.

Two presidents emerged from its deadlocked national convention at the Pantami International Stadium in Gombe State last week. They are Tonye Tom-George of University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) and Chinonson Ubasi of the Ebonyi State University (EBSU) in Abakaliki. Chinonson reportedly declared himself as NANS president. Tonye claimed to have been elected when the students relocated to Abuja for the convention. The four-day convention ended abruptly, following heavy gunfires.