Enugu Youths Call for Resignation of Enugu Commissioner in Solidarity with NANS

 


Concerned Enugu State Youths (CESY) have demanded the immediate resignation of the Enugu State Commissioner for Transport following the alleged attack and brutalization of students by officials of the Ministry of Transport (MOT), describing the incident as a disgraceful abuse of power and a direct assault on the collective dignity of young people in the state.

The youth group made this position known in Enugu on Sunday morning, in reaction to the trending reports surrounding the confrontation between officials of the Enugu State Ministry of Transport and members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), which reportedly degenerated into violence at the Enugu South Local Government Secretariat on Saturday, January 31, 2026.

In a strongly worded statement issued after an emergency consultation, CESY declared total solidarity with NANS, stressing that the struggle of Nigerian students against oppression, intimidation, and extortion is inseparable from the wider struggle of Enugu youths. The group emphasized that “an injury to one is an injury to all,” insisting that the alleged assault on student leaders was an attack on the entire youth population of the state.

According to CESY, the circumstances surrounding the incident, beginning with the impounding of the NANS operational vehicle over what students described as an “imaginary line” while waiting at a traffic light, clearly point to systemic abuse, provocation, and extortion by MOT officials. The group condemned reports that the vehicle was seized with students still inside, forcibly taken to the MOT office, and held until an allegedly outrageous sum of money was demanded for its release.

The youths further decried accounts that student leaders who went to the Secretariat to seek peaceful dialogue were instead met with hostility, intimidation, and further impoundment of vehicles, actions which they said recklessly escalated tensions. CESY described as “shocking and unacceptable” the allegation that an MOT official slapped a student leader, triggering a violent confrontation that led to the tearing of clothes, loss of phones and personal belongings, and the alleged assault and humiliation of student representatives.

CESY noted that such actions, reportedly carried out by operatives acting under official authority, portray a dangerous pattern of impunity within the Ministry of Transport and raise serious questions about leadership, oversight, and accountability at the highest level of the ministry. The group argued that the commissioner, as the political head of the ministry, must accept responsibility for the conduct of officers under his watch.

“The continued silence and failure of the Commissioner for Transport to rein in these excesses amounts to endorsement,” the group stated, adding that resignation is the minimum moral step required to restore public confidence and demonstrate respect for the rule of law.

Standing shoulder to shoulder with NANS, CESY echoed the students’ demands for justice, including the immediate end to what they described as illegal extortion, harassment, and brutalization of motorists and students by MOT operatives across Enugu State. They also called for the identification, arrest, and prosecution of all officials allegedly involved in the assault and unlawful seizure of vehicles, stressing that anything short of this would embolden further abuses.

The youth group warned that Enugu youths will not remain passive observers while students are attacked and humiliated for standing up to oppression. While reaffirming their commitment to peaceful advocacy, CESY cautioned that sustained injustice could provoke widespread youth resistance, noting that students and youths remain a critical force in defending democracy, accountability, and human rights.

CESY concluded by urging the Enugu State Government to act swiftly and decisively to prevent the situation from spiraling further, insisting that justice for NANS is justice for Enugu youths, and that the future of the state cannot be built on fear, intimidation, and unchecked abuse of power.

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