Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, has allegedly disrupted a meeting of Ahmadu Bello University students holding in Zaria
According to a report by Peoples Gazette, the secret police made mass arrests after the raid on Wednesday.
National Association of Social Sciences Students at ABU called a meeting to discuss insecurity ravaging all parts of the country. Islamic scholar Sheikh Gumi was amongst those who attended the meeting, but he was repeatedly not among those arrested.
The DSS agents broke into the meeting and rounded up the students who organised it, a witness said. School authorities had reportedly tipped the secret police off, saying the gathering was suspicious, The Gazette said.
Dozens of students were feared arrested by the DSS agents, who reportedly stormed the school premises with arms and ammunition. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
The summit, themed: Insecurities in Nigeria, the Causes and Youths Panacea, was scheduled to commence at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to an invitation seen by The Gazette.
The invitation was signed by Abubakar Umar Ahmad, president of the association. Mr Ahmad could not be reached for comments on Wednesday evening.
A spokesman for the SSS did not return calls seeking comments about the arrests, which has sent confusion across the school.
