University of Jos Student Alleges Police Harassment, Illegal Stop-and-Search During Industrial Training Return

(UNIJOS students Alleges Police Harassment. Photo by Instagram)

"While returning from our industrial training at NVRI, I, a 400-level Crop Production student at the University of Jos, was subjected to an unlawful stop-and-search operation by police officers from what appeared to be an ambush squad operating without a designated checkpoint.

The search was selectively conducted on male students only, during which officers forcibly seized our phones. When I requested to see a warrant specifically authorizing them to search our phones, I was treated like a criminal and harassed."

“Why are you haråssing us? Is it a cr!me to be a young boy in Nigeria?”

— Students of the cry out as they accuse police officers of haråssm€nt.

According to one of the students:

“On our way back from IT at NVRI Vom, I and other students were stopped by policemen believed to… pic.twitter.com/euoCx9Onxb

— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) May 12, 2026