BREAKING NEWS: A Student killed as Protest Rocks Plateau College

- A student of the college of education Gindiri in Mangu local government area of Plateau state has reportedly lost his life 

- The students embarked on a protest to demand the release of the identification card and the cancellation of a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) policy 

- The students reportedly burnt the school clinic and also damaged several cars belonging to staff 

Pandemonium on Thursday, February 22, stuck Mangu local government area of Plateau state when a student of the college of education Gindiri in the state lost his life while property believed to worth millions of naira were destroyed during a protest. 

New Telegraph reports that the students protested to demand the release of the identification card and the cancellation of a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) policy. 

Report stated that, the management, however, shut down academic activities indefinitely.

According to the protesters, although paid money to the school, but whenever they approach the school clinic, the management will ask them to pay money. 

During the protest, the students burnt the school clinic and also damaged several cars belonging to staff as well as destroyed doors and windows of the Administrative Buildings of the institution before the arrival of the security agencies. 

It was learnt that in the midst of the protests, one student was hit by stray bullet and died on the spot. 

The public relations officer of the college Elizabeth Aboreng disclosed that the students from NCE Two class had protested the release of their ID card by the school management. 

Aboreng said the students later took laws into their hands by burning down property in the institution, including the school clinic and an ambulance.

She said: ''The management of the institution has close down the school indefinitely, because the students of NCE two had issues of Identification Card which was not released to them, but they met the acting Provost, Cornelius Ka-ankuka and he resolved that the ID Card was to be made available. 

''But surprisingly today (yesterday) the students went on the rampage without waiting to collect the ID cards and burnt down two ambulances belonging to the school, burnt down the clinic and also destroyed staff cars.'' 

The state police public relations officer Mathias Tyopev confirmed the incident. Tyopev said he was expecting details from the divisional police officer in charge of Gindiri.