The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Zonal Coordinator of Ibadan, Professor Segun Ajiboye has described the increment in the pump price of petrol by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government as a 'terror policy'.

Ajiboye, while addressing a crowd of anti-subsidy removal protesters in front of the University of Ibadan gate yesterday, stated that the pain of Nigerians in the past one year had become unbearable and required a mass anti-terror movement to check it.

Also addressing the rally, the NLC state chairman, Comrade Waheed Olojede asked Nigerians not to see the strike as a labour struggle alone but a joint movement to check anti-masses policies.

In many parts of Lagos, commercial activities were briefly disrupted as members of ASUU and other affiliate unions of the NLC made good their threats as they staged what they called sensitization rally across major streets.

In his remark, the ASUU chairman, University of Lagos (UNILAG) Capter, Dr Adelaja Odukoya said the protesting workers were glad that they were able to live up to their threats.

In Katsina State, members of the academic union of Umaru Musa Yaradu'a University (UMYU), joined the strike. Lectures and other academic activities were disrupted at the institution yesterday as students were told to stay away.

The branch chairman of ASUU, Dr. Jamilu Shehu said there was no way for the branch to opt out since it was a national directive. But commercial banks, courts and government offices remained open for businesses since the commencement of the strike.

In Kano, a group of activists, Kano Civil Society Forum, protested the increment of petrol price, describing it as an 'inhuman and anti-masses policy'. The protesters who stormed the Kano office of Media Trust Limited, carried placards with inscriptions, "Kachikwu must go", "Removal of subsidy is callous", and "No food for the poor in Ramadan." Speaking on behalf of the protesters, Musa Bashir, the Secretary-General of the group, said they were opposing the increment because of the pains it would inflict on the masses.