Strike: Court orders Police to re-open KASU gates

The Principal District Court of Kaduna state has authorised the Commissioner of Police to re-open the gates of Kaduna State University (KASU), by designated officers and below the supervision of an authorised courtroom official.

The order which adopted a movement ex parte filed by the college by its administration and governing council, additionally directed the Commissioner of Police, to interrupt open any lock or take away any chain or different barrier that safe the gates.

The movement which was granted on tenth November, additionally ordered the commissioner to make use of solely such drive cheap and mandatory to revive entry to the campus for authorised employees and college students.

According to the courtroom, the order subsists pending the listening to of the movement on discover or the ‘’interim order made by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in go well with quantity NICN/ABJ/329/2026/.’’

The administration and Governing Council of KASU, went to courtroom searching for an interim injunction restraining unions from locking the gates of the college or stopping authorised employees and college students from accessing the campus.

The unions listed as respondents are the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), alongside their respective officers.

In an affidavit supporting the appliance, the Chairman of the University’s Governing Council, Ibrahim Umar, stated the National Industrial Court, Abuja Judicial Division, had on November 5, 2026, issued an interim order restraining the unions from commencing, taking part in or giving impact to the commercial motion.

He stated the order, which was enrolled and issued below seal on November 6, directed the unions to stop and desist from the strike pending the listening to and willpower of the movement on discover earlier than the courtroom.

According to the affidavit, the courtroom processes, together with the interim order, had been served on the respondents at 2:30pm on November 9 however the unions however went on strike, even after assembly with the college administration.

The Chairman of KASU’s Governing Council stated the unions subsequently locked the college gates, employees places of work and school rooms, stopping authorised employees and college students from accessing the affected amenities.

Umar stated the event had disrupted the college’s tutorial and administrative actions, including that the affected gates, places of work and school rooms remained locked as of the most recent inspection.