The Joint Action Front (JAF) has accused
the government of master-minding the
killing of former president of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof
Festus Iyayi who died recently in a motor
accident involving the convoy of Kogi State
governor.
Several people and organized bodies have
commented on the death of Iyayi. President
Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with
ASUU and Iyayi’s Family. Hon. Patrick
Obahiagbon also made his own
“interesting” comment .
The Senior Special
Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan
on Youths and Student Affairs, Mr. Jude
Imagwe, also described as unfair and
untrue, allegations that the Federal
Government killed the late former
President of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, Prof. Festus Iyayi.
JAF in a statement signed by its president,
Comrade Abiodun Aremu said the death of
the veteran unionist was questionable.
They said “JAF wishes to alert Nigerians and
the international community that Comrade
Festus Iyayi was murdered by operatives of
the Nigerian state, contrary to the widely
reported claims that he died in the bus
accident of November 12, 2013 along Lokoja
– Abuja road due to the recklessness of the
Kogi State governor’s convoy.
“JAF has every reason to believe that the
murder of Comrade Iyayi was connected
with the on-going Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) strike to compel the
federal government to, not only honour the
Collective Agreements it reached with it in
2009, but also to make government
responsible to adequately fund public
education against the dictates of its
puppeteers – the IMF and World Bank.
“ We strongly believe that the assassination
of Comrade Iyayi was carried out by expert
shooters in the cover of the Nigerian
Intelligence, reminiscence of the state
murder of Dele Giwa in 1986 and Kudirat
Abiola in 1996”, the statement said.
JAF said official explanation by the Federal
Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and the
Sole Administrator of the Specialist
Hospital, Lokoja, Dr Paul Amodu that
Comrade Iyayi’s death was as a result of the
accident, did not explain the piercing of his
heart by a strange object.
JAF added that Iyayi’s death is a wakeup
call to all Nigerians to struggle for a better
society where people’s lives are respected
and preserved. Source: Leadership
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