Solidarity messages for Ife students (Nigeria) 
from Austria and Italy

Austria

to: Vice chancellor,
Prof ROA Makanjuola,
Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife,
Osun state,
Nigeria

cc: The President of Nigeria,
Olusegun Obasanjo

Dear sirs,

We have heard about the victimization of students defending their right to study in your country. This is clearly a violation of the most basic democratic rights. In spite of being lauded as an example of democracy, it seems that Nigeria continues to be a country where repressive measures are very commonly applied. We demand that no students be victimized for protesting against the increase of university fees which mean a severe blow to most families trying to get their children through university. We demand that measures against Akinwumi Olawoyin, Isiaka Adegbile, Ekundayo Fadugba, Hassan Abass, and Olugbenga Adewale at OAU-Ife should be withdrawn immediately.

Waiting for a prompt reply

Georg Müller (Chairman of the Young Socialists Vorarlberg)
Ina Ratzenböck, Eva Nesensohn (members of the Executive Committee of the
Young Socialists Austria)
Lis Mandl (shop steward - KuS)

Italy

June 17, 2003.

to: Vice chancellor,
Prof ROA Makanjuola,
Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife,
Osun state,
Nigeria

cc: The President of Nigeria,
Olusegun Obasanjo


Dear sir,
we write this letter because we knew about the suspension o of the students Akinwumi Olawoyin, Isiaka Adegbile, Ekundayo Fadugba, Hassan Abass and
Olugbenga Adewale.
We demand that measures against Akinwumi Olawoyin, Isiaka Adegbile, Ekundayo Fadugba, Hassan Abass, and Olugbenga Adewale be withdrawn.

Sincerely,
Giovanni Savino, Antonio Erpice, Gino Petracco, Davide Boerio (Young Communists Caserta District committee)
Gennaro Varriale, Giuseppe Letizia (Refoundation Communist Party Federal Committee)
Antonella Varriale, Tina Savino, Valentina Murolo, Alessandro Pecoraro, Margherita Colella, Gianluca Limatola (Committee in Defence of Public
Education, CSP, Aversa)
Lucia Erpice, Franco Liguori (Refoundation Communist Party Marcianise)
Angela Di Gioia (CGIL Aversa)

See other messages: 1 - 2 - 3

See also:

• Nigeria: The truth about what is happening at OAU (Ife) - A Reply to the Vice Chancellor Rogers (June 19, 2003)
• Nigeria: Mass movement is building up at OAU (Ife University) (June 9, 2003)
• Nigeria: update on the struggle against fees hike at Ife and appeal for solidarity (June 5, 2003)
• Appeal for solidarity against further repression of Nigerian students 

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