ASUU DENIES CALLING OFF STRIKE, ASSAULTS JOURNALIST FOR INTRUDING.

After waiting for over 9 hours last night, some members of the Union came out of the Senate building, the venue of the meeting to harass journalists who have been waiting endlessly.

One of the notable members of the Union that instructed security to ask the Journalists to leave was the Chairman, ASUU, FUT, Minna Dr. Abdulfatai Jimoh, Who assaulted the Daily Trust Correspondent Aliyu Hamagan.

Abdulfatai had earlier thought Hamagan was a member of the Union and invited him to come closer. He then asked, "who brought this stupid people inside? What are they doing here?"

Hamagan quickly responded by saying, "I am one of the people you are calling stupid. I will not have you insult us like that".

Abdulfatai on finding out that he was spaking with a journalist pushed Hamagan and asked him to leave the premises saying that, "you people are intruding, we did not invite you, get out of this place now".

The meeting which started at about 11:30am and holding in shrouded secrecy at the Senate building of the FUT, Minna is still on-going and the Journalists are still very much on ground waiting for the outcome of the meeting.

The scenario took another twist when members of ASUU NEC LOC came down to inform Journalists that some of them (ASUU) are not comfortable with the presence of d Press.

Abdulfatai who was at this time furious threatened the Media saying "anything wey una see, make una take am like that, because we didn't invite the media".

However, there was disagreement among the members over the presence of the media, some suggested the media should stay because they are doing their job, others persisted that "we did not invite them, when we need them, we will invite them."

The Vice Chancellor Federal university of Technology Minna, Prof. Musbau Akanji who got the news that ASUU assaulted Journalists quickly drove in and pleaded with Journalists saying, "although, I am not a part of the meeting but I am apologising on their behave because they are in my territory. This place (FUT, Minna) is a Federal Government institution, a public place for all."