“We, the students, assumed the mantle of God’s eternal purpose to be the voice of the silent majority and called for our prime minister (at that time) to be accountable to his people and to the honour, integrity and dignity of the office he occupied,” he wrote.

“We did not request, nay, we demanded, that he humble himself before the laws of our nation and yield to due process by submitting himself for questioning in relation to the allegations that were demeaning and denigrating to the office.”

Rapa said students had been shot at on roads and even inside the institution just because they conducted a mass protest.

As the student leader at the time, he felt a duty to revisit the incident and to make things right by pursuing a proper investigation into the matter.

“My team of leaders and I bear a responsibility towards those students and their parents,” he said.

“As such, we humbly request that your office and the offices of the ministries responsible carry out a commission of enquiry.”