Musa Pam, Jos
A female student of the Plateau State
University (PLASU), Bokkos, was shot to death and another raped, after
suspected herdsmen attacked the school on Sunday.
The university has in the past, suffer series
of attacks by the herdsmen.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Yohana
Daniel Izam, in a press statement, signed by the Public Relations Officer of
the university, confirmed the attack.
According to the statement, the incident also
left a 100Level student of Geography dead, after sustaining gunshot injury.
The statement continues: "The Vice
Chancellor regrets the demise of the promising student, particularly after
a successful matriculation held at the university last week Friday. Professor
Izam on behalf of the university community and management of the institution,
is deeply vexed by this act of man's inhumanity to man and sincerely
extends the deepest sympathy of the management to the deceased’s
parents.”
The Vice Chancellor has appealed for
calm and cooperation, especially among the students as the campus security
committee in collaboration with the Special Task Force, have since swung into
action to review the situation, with a view of identifying the
perpetrators of the crime.
The students on their part are calling
on the government and school management to put an end to the incessant attacks
and harassment by the herdsmen.
According to some of the students, the school
was at high risk, considering how criminal acts are carried out without arrest
of culprits.
The students said they were vulnerable as the
area is extremely volatile, leaving them at the mercy of the attackers.
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