4 Soldiers Were Wounded: Injured UNIJOS students were not shot by STF — Army

11 students of the University of Jos were shot as they protested on Tuesday. Initial reports had accused the STF soldiers of the shootings but the Army has denied its men's involvement: The Army has denied military involvement Tuesday's shooting of protesting students » of the University of Jos (UNIJOS). Eleven of the students protesting over a N10, 000 development levy alleged increase in the institution's fees were shot in what the students' leaders called an Army 'invasion'. "I narrowly escaped; the military came into our classes and shot some of us while some were arrested," the Public Relations Officer Student Union Government (SUG) » , Longgun Dakwon, reportedly said. "I saw one shot on the leg and another in the chest," another student said. But the spokesperson of the The Special Task Force (STF) spokesman, Captain Ikedichi Iweha, has told Daily Trust that STF soldiers were not involved » in the shootings, even though they were attacked right from the first day of the protest » . “The shooting was not carried out by the STF. On the first day of the protest, the students poured water on us and stoned us but we exercised restraint," Iweha said. Iweha indirectly hints that the shooting was carried out by personnel of other security outfits. "Today (Tuesday) there was need for reinforcements so other security agents had to join,” he said. Iweha revealed that four soldiers were wounded by miscreants who hijacked the protests. He added that the injured students are receiving treatment in the army's facility. UNIJOS has been shut down following the protests.