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Some residents from the host community protested on Wednesday against the setting up of a new management for the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron.

The protesters, holding placards, blocked the entrance of the academy and prevented the workers from going in.

The protesters said that the Oro people felt cheated that a new rector was appointed from outside of Akwa Ibom State to run the academy. They said that they were expecting the federal government to confirm the then acting rector, Mkpandiok Mkpandiok, as a substantive rector.