After spending close to one week in detention in Kirikiri prisons, the 14 students of the University of Lagos, (UNILAG) who were detained last week for protesting against the school authorities have been freed.
Their release is coming after they were brought before the mobile court in Oshodi on Thursday morning in a police convoy, chanting solidarity songs.
The students were whisked away to the Kirikiri prison on Saturday on the order of a court, after they were accused of unlawful invasion of Television Continental (TVC) premises.
The students were earlier picked up on the university campus during a protest of the suspension of a visually-impaired student. They were also demanding the reinstatement of all suspended student activists.
The detention of the 14 students has initially sparked national outrage, with groups such as the National Association of Nigerian Students, Education Rights Campaign and UNILAG coalition, calling for their immediate release.
