Monday night, a 300-level student from the sociology department of the Federal University of Lafia in Nasarawa State was shot by gunmen who were allegedly abducting victims from Gandu, a hamlet located roughly two kilometres away from the university.
Our correspondent was informed that the gunmen stormed the neighbourhood at about 8:30 p.m., seizing a well-known businessman in the process.
An eyewitness who asked to remain anonymous told our correspondent that the incident had made people in the area fearful, and many students had stayed inside ever since it happened.
“The student was shot by the bandits and was immediately rushed to the hospital where he is receiving treatment,” the eyewitness stated. We pray that he heals quickly because this was a terrible circumstance.
“Because to the ongoing attacks, kidnappings of students, and other illegal activity in this area, our lives are no longer safe.
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“We are unable to read in class at night any longer due to fear of being attacked or harassed by individuals who may be kidnappers, and our exams are quickly approaching.”
Abdullahi Sule, the governor of Nasarawa State, has voiced alarm over the state’s tertiary institutions’ increasing level of insecurity.
The governor made this statement on Tuesday during a visit to the Federal University of Lafia’s vice chancellor on the attack on the students’ settlement on Monday night by as-yet-unidentified gunmen.
Sule expressed his condolences to the university’s administration for the tragic event, but he also reaffirmed his administration’s resolve to ensuring that security is increased around student housing areas throughout the state in order to reduce instability.
Professor Shehu Abdulrahman, the university’s deputy vice chancellor, expressed gratitude to the governor for giving security concerns both inside and outside the campus careful consideration.
