Kogi Policemen Shot at Governor Convoy That Killed Festus Iyayi ?

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An anonymous tipster has confided in SaharaReporters that Festus Iyayi, a former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), was actually shot by policemen in the convoy of the Kogi State Governor, Captain Idris Wada, prior to the road accident in which he supposedly died last week.

The source claimed that the injuries found on the late writer's chest were consistent with gunshot injuries and that a bullet did pierce his heart.

One Dr. Paul Amodu of the Specialist Hospital in Lokoja had revealed that Professor Iyayi died after "something" pierced his chest, but he didn't specify what it was.

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What Actually Killed Festus Iyayi

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The name Festus Iyayi symbolizes struggle for academic freedom, democratization of our educational system, national development and socialism.

He was the President of Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) in the 1980s and in 1987, under his leadership, the Babangida administration banned ASUU, terminated the employment of Prof. Iyayi from University of Benin and subsequently arrested, detained and tortured him.
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Ex-ASUU president, Festus Iyayi dies in car Accident

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 Former president of the Association of Senior Staff of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Festus Iyayi is dead.  He died Tuesday morning in an automobile crash on his way to Kano to be involved in tomorrow's National Executive Council Meeting of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) anticipated to declare an end to the over 4-month strike.

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