
NAN – Students of the University of Lagos on Thursday suspended protests over the renaming of the institution after the late Chief MKO Abiola, as a mark of respect for their departed former Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Babatunde Sofoluwe.
The burial of the late VC is scheduled for today at Ikoyi Vaults and Gardens in Lagos. The students told Pilot Africa - correspondent that they would continue with the protests on Friday.
They had begun the protests on Tuesday after President Goodluck Jonathan announced the renaming of the institution in his 2012 Democracy Day speech.