The President of Students’ Union Government (SUG) of Rivers State University (RSU), Anele Miracle, has explained why he always move around with bodyguards.
Anele, who was recently seen in a viral photo surrounded by bodyguards, said the bodyguards were normal students and not people hired from outside.
The SUG president, who is a 300-Level student in the Department of Sociology, was elected on October 14, 2022, and inaugurated on January 30, 2023
Anele said the position of the Office of the President is accompanied by a lot of respect and dignity, adding that he decided to add more value to the office just to make sure that the beauty of the office comes out.
“They (bodyguards) are normal students, members of the Man O’ War. So, the only thing we do is just to make sure that we kit them up to look more respectable and more valued. They are just for occasions, you know. You saw me working around, and I don’t think you saw me walking with anybody or people gathered around me,” he said.
Asked how he hired them to work with him, Anele said they are normal students and Man O’ War officials assigned to work in his office, stressing that the management assigned the bodyguards to him.
“The moment you’re elected as the SUG President, you have the privilege to work with Man O’ War officers because the office is such a sensitive one. So to avoid harassment, embarrassment and all that. For me, I just added value to it by making sure I kit them up,and it looks like they’re were hired from outside. No, they were not. They are students and members of the community.
On how he kit them up, the SUG President said: It’s just by getting their security outfits. If you saw the pictures on the Internet, you would have seen them wearing kits for bouncers. One of them wore a suit. They are not armed at all, the management will not allow that. I’m still a student aside from the position, so why would I go about with armed security? Although, there was an occasion I was harassed sometime ago. Aside from that, I have not received any issue of harassment from any student or anybody. So, why would I arm the security (aides) working with me?”
Speaking about how the bodyguards saved him when he was harassed, the SUG President said: “That was the day of the town hall meeting with a former governor, Nyesom Wike, at the Obi Wali International Conference Centre, Port Harcourt. Some cultists came up with the notion that some dollars were given to the SUG president, so they stampeded me with some other SUG presidents. Even some of our guys were stabbed and all that. So, my security aides helped me to escape the scenario and rescued some of our colleagues. So, that was the benefit of having them around me.
