Medical students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, on Tuesday protested what they described as school fee extortion by the management of the university.

Carrying placards with various inscriptions, they stormed the Ogun State House of Assembly, demanding an immediate stoppage of the fees.

News Agency of Nigeria reports that the inscriptions read, Injustice is cruel and it breeds anger; we will not pay illegal school fees; stop this unnecessary student extortion, and Who will pay for my 10-year fee in a six year course?

The President of the OOU Medical Students Association, Mr. Yemi Adegbesan, alleged that the Vice-Chancellor of the school, Prof Sabur Adesanya, had asked them to pay an extra two years illegal fee.

According to him, the medical school curriculum runs for six years, which automatically requires them to pay for six sessions with or without strike actions by academic or non-academic staff of the institution.

Is Prof. Saburi Adesanya above the law? He has refused to allow final year medical students from OOU do their induction just because he wants them to pay two extra school fees each.

This is a wicked illegality that is unprecedented in the history of university education in Nigeria. The students have extra time in school because of unions strikes.

We had, on December 17, written a petition to the Assembly on the issue, but up till now, nothing has been done and that is why we are back, he said.

Adegbesan pleaded with the Speaker of the Assembly to wade into the matter as time is not on the side of the final year students.

Addressing the protesters, the Speaker, Suraj Adekunbi, assured them that the lawmakers would look into the matter with a view to finding a lasting solution to it.

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OOU medical students protest alleged fee extortion