English: Still smarting from our victory in the fight for the restoration of the union at Uniben — following the unconstitutional ban on student union activities in the wake of the nationwide protests sparked by the murder of four Ahmadu Bello University students by anti-riot policemen precipitately called to quell a peaceful protest (Professor Ango Abdullahi, the vice chancellor, would further outrage the nation by announcing that 'only four students died' as if one were not too many) — Professor Grace Alele-Williams sought to pacify her campus for General Babangida, the reigning military dictator, by issuing intolerable election guidelines.
Igbo: Ka ọ ka na-eri ahụ ụfụ mmeri anyị meriri n' agha inweghachi òtù ụmụ akwụkwọs n' Uniben-- ka a machiri emume òtù ụmụ akwụkwọ n' ụzọ n' adanyeghi n' iwu ka e mechara ngagharị iwe n' ala anyị gburugburu nke ogbugbu ndị uweojii mgbochi ngagharị iwe a kpọrọ ka kwụsị ngagharị iwe udo gburu ụmụ akwụkwọ anọ nke Mahadum Ahmadu Bello (Ọkammụta Ango Abdullahi, vaịs chanselọ, gara n' ihu kpalite iwe ndị mmadụ site n' ikwuputa na 'sọọsọ ụmụ akwụkwọ anọ nwụrụ' ka a ga-asị n' ótù abaghị nnukwu ụba)--- Ọkammụta Grace Alele-Williams chọrọ imedara Onyeisi agha Babangida, onye agha na-achị ọchịchị aka ike, obi ụlọakwụkwọ ya, site n' inye usoro ntụli aka adịghị nnagide.